Friday, August 11, 2006
The barn itself:
The barn itself: It is a long, low barn, with a thatched roof, and walls built of brick, flint and limestone. The doors here contain large timber lintels. It is made to order by Sir William Paston III as a grain store and threshing barn. It is approximately 70 meters long, 9 meters wide and 16 meters high. Towards the eastern side of the barn there are 30-metre long Victorian wings which are added to its wing. An area of 0.95 hectares was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest by English Nature in 1999 about the barn and its direct surroundings and the site has also been designated as a Special Area of Conservation.
In 2002, English Nature started a 50-year lease of the barn. There is currently no public access into the barn, partly in order to minimise disturbance to the bats, although some educational interpretation at the site is being considered for the future
