The Barn at Moors Valley Country Park
The Visitor Centre and Tea Rooms at Moors Valley Country Park are housed in a lovely old Barn which came from Manor Farm, Easton Royal near Marlborough in Wiltshire.
It was transported here on a series of low loaders in the Autumn of 1985. Rebuilding commenced in 1986- about a dozen carpenters worked on the project and the building was completed during the long hot summer of 1987.
The work was overseen by Council architect David Richards. Each piece of timber had been labelled and colour coded and was meticulously placed back in its original position. Some infill old timber of the same age was purchased from Oxfordshire and only about 10% is new timber. The main construction which is set on a brick plinth, consists of 4 ‘A’ frames and two Gable porches. All timbers are connected by mortice and tennon joints, pegs and dowels. The roof which was originally thatched was replaced by red and grey tiles.
Find out more about the story of The Barn at Moors Valley here.