LISTED BUILDING · NHLE 1255311
Barn Approximately 20 Metres to South West of Eaton Hall
SO55NW EATON 808-1/4/255 Barn approx. 20 metres to south-west 24/07/54 of Eaton Hall (Formerly Listed as: EATON Eaton Hall and Barns to the south of Eaton Hall)
Barn and granary, formerly farmhouse and barn. C17, with later alterations. Timber-frame with C18 and C19 brick infill; plain tile roof, raised C19; large rubble external stack to rear, reduced to eaves level.
Dates and uses reflect the source records and may not describe the building today.
No photograph currently published
Designation information
Inclusion in the National Heritage List for England confirms that this is a designated heritage asset of national special architectural or historic interest.
Architectural evidence and features
These descriptions relate to particular parts of the building at the date of each source. They may not reflect its use or condition today. Unconfirmed features remain open questions.
Evidence reviewed 13 September 2026.
Documented type / function
- Barn and granary; formerly farmhouse and barn
Principal identity with historical and subsidiary uses explicitly separated
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Documented phases
- 17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Source-specific phases, not administrative dates
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Structural system
- Timber frame
Principal range
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Infill
- Brick
18th century and 19th century infill
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Roof covering
- Plain tile
Principal range and later right wing
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- Corrugated asbestos
Rear of later right wing
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
External wall material
- Sandstone rubble
Later right wing
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- Brick
Later right wing gable
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Chimneys
- Rubble
Rear external stack reduced to eaves level
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Other materials / details
- Rubble
First-floor fireplace
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- Oak
Cambered fireplace lintel only
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Architectural features
- Mullion window
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- Mullion and transom window
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- Loft opening
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- Plank door
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- First-floor fireplace
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
- Raised roof
Only named component/phase in term and supporting description
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255311
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part at the source date, with the uncertainty stated. Current use and survival today have not been confirmed.
Research notes and uncertainties
Component, chronology and current verification: RCHME complex includes separate medieval Eaton Hall and bridge, whose foiled trusses and arches must not become this barn tags. RCHME cottage/stable identification is complex-specific, not automatic surviving use. Current use/survival not independently verified for September2026.
17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990 [Source-specific phases, not administrative dates; 17th century; 18th century and 19th century brick infill; roof raised 19th century; divided from southern barn about1990] Source chronology, administrative and reused-material dates separated. RCHME complex includes separate medieval Eaton Hall and bridge, whose foiled trusses and arches must not become this barn tags. RCHME cottage/stable identification is complex-specific, not automatic surviving use.
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How this record is evidenced
The designation, listing date and statutory description are drawn from Historic England, NHLE 1255311.
The building has been cross-referenced to the Royal Commission's 1934 Herefordshire inventory. The full matched extract and its cited illustrations are reproduced below with links to the digitised source.
The concise summary and searchable feature tags have been prepared by Leominster Heritage and are kept separate from the statutory wording.
The open questions below identify evidence that has not yet been securely established.
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Barn Approximately 20 Metres to South West of Eaton Hall
Grade II · C17; C18 and C19 brick infill; roof raised C19; divided from southern barn about1990 [Source-specific phases, not administrative dates; C17; C18 and C19 brick infill; roof raised C19; divided from southern barn about1990] · SO55NW EATON 808-1/4/255 Barn approx. 20 metres to south-west 24/07/54 of Eaton Hall (Formerly Listed as: EATON Eaton Hall and Barns to the south of Eaton Hall)
Barn and granary, formerly farmhouse and barn. C17, with later alterations. Timber-frame with C18 and C19 brick infill; plain tile roof, raised C19; large rubble external stack to rear, reduced to eaves level.
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Historic England
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
This earlier inventory records the building as it was understood at the time of survey. Its terminology and interpretation should be read alongside the current NHLE entry and present-day observation.
Read the Royal Commission inventory extract
RCHME CROSS-REFERENCE 1
Leominster Out, monument (5), pp. 128-129.
f (5). Eaton Hall, house, outbuildings and bridge, 1 m. S.E. of Leominster church. The House is of two storeys; the walls are of stone and timber-framing and the roofs are slate and tile-covered. The property belonged to the family of Hackluyt, and Leland records that William Hackluyt, who was with Henry V at Agincourt, built a house in the village. The existing building, however, appears to date from about the middle of the 14th century and consisted of a hall with cross-wings at the E. and W. ends; of this the greater part of the hall with the stone solar-wing at the W. end survives, but the screens and the buttery-wing were re-built probably in the 18th century. The extension of this wing, towards the N., was made probably early in the 15th century. At some uncertain period the hall was divided into two storeys and the walls faced with stone; the upper storey of the solar-wing is also a later reconstruction of timber-framing. The W. wing has, at the N. end, a blocked mediæval doorway with chamfered stone jambs and segmental-pointed head; in the W. wall is a window of two rectangular lights, probably also mediæval. Inside the building, the former hall (32 ft. long without the former screenspassage) has an original roof of two main bays, partly concealed by later additions; the main truss (Plate 39) has upper and lower collar-beams, the latter moulded and with long curved braces, perhaps formerly carried down to the ground floor, but now cut back about 3 ft. above it; the upper collar-beam also has curved braces, and the beams above are cut to form a trefoiled opening; each bay has a subsidiary truss with a single upper collar-beam similar to that in the main truss. In the E. wall is a spere-truss, formerly dividing the hall from the screens; it rests on a pair of heavy posts or speres, set 2–3 ft. within the side walls; the general arrangement is similar to that of the main truss, but the head of the arch formed by the main braces is cut into the tie-beam. The truss forming part of the W. wall has plain upper and lower collars and below the latter are studs and braces forming trefoiled ogee heads to the wall-panels. The main purlins are moulded, and above them are two ranges of foiled wind-braces, the lower braces having pierced spandrels to the cusps. To the W. of the main truss are traces of the former louvre of the hall; on the W. of the former opening is a pair of cusped trimmers or rafters resting on the upper purlins and against which the upper wind-braces are stopped. All the timbers are smoke-blackened. The extension of the E. wing has some of its 15th-century framing and ceiling-beams exposed; the roof is of four bays with the middle truss incorporated in a partition; the subsidiary trusses have curved braces below the collars.
The Outbuilding, S.W. of the house, consists of a 17th-century cottage, now stables, and a barn. The timber-framing is mostly exposed, and there is an original chimney-stack with two brick shafts and diagonal nibs on the outer faces; the barn is of three bays. The outbuilding, S. of the house, includes a 17th-century timber-framed barn of three bays.
The Bridge, over the Lugg, S.W. of the house, is of stone and of two spans with round arches and cut-waters both up and down stream; it is of the 17th century or earlier, but the parapets are modern. A stone garden wall, running S. from the house, has remains of a gate and a wall-recess with a four-centred head.
Condition—Of house, good.
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Official list description
LEOMINSTER SO55NW EATON 808-1/4/255 Barn approx. 20 metres to south-west 24/07/54 of Eaton Hall (Formerly Listed as: EATON Eaton Hall and Barns to the south of Eaton Hall) GV II Barn and granary, formerly farmhouse and barn. C17, with later alterations. Timber-frame with C18 and C19 brick infill; plain tile roof, raised C19; large rubble external stack to rear, reduced to eaves level. 2 storeys; 2-window range: 2-light mullion, and mullion and transom light; later doorway and opening to left. Various lights and entrances. Later wing to right: sandstone rubble; brick gable; plain tile roof with corrugated-asbestos to rear; right returned side: loft opening over plank door, and opening. INTERIOR: 1st floor has rubble fireplace with cambered oak lintel. Formerly one range with barn to south; divided c1990. Listing NGR: SO5086658011
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