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• DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1101262
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Introduction

This collection comprises of reports, site records and images from a historic building recording survey at The Grambla, Trewoofe, Lamorna, TR19 6PA. The survey was undertaken in 2021 by Jeanette Ratcliffe in order to discharge Condition 3 of a Grant of Conditional Planning Permission issued alongside a Grant of Listed Building Consent for the conversion of two Grade II Listed farm buildings, a barn and a cartshed, within a disused farm yard.

The Grambla farmstead is a rare survival of two essential farm building types (threshing barn and cartshed) that once belonged to a more complete farmstead including a possible C17 farmhouse, all built on high ground overlooking open countryside. The buildings are unspoiled vernacular examples of their type and contain some interesting character and functional features. The barn has hen nesting boxes, rare (possibly unique) ventilator slits, and characterful granite 2-phase steps up to its threshing floor. The cartshed has many interesting internal features that tell the story of its former uses. Together, their survival, against a background of so many recent changes to our agricultural settlements, adds greatly to their significance.