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Cargoll Farm Barn
Hob Uid: 428999
Location : Cornwall St. Newlyn East
Grid Ref : SW8198056350
Summary : The site of a manor house and the extant remains of a late 14th century tithe barn. A bishop's palace and prison are alleged to have stood in an area now covered by lawn.
More information : (SW 81975637) Cargoll on site of (NAT) Manor House (NR) (1) The barn at Cargoll Farm is probably early 16th century "Rubble with thatched roof. Buttresses on both sides. Arched collar braced roof with wind braces and arched intermediates". Grade II (House not listed) (2) Cargoll: A large episcopal manor purchased in 1269 and held by the Bishops of Exeter until 1804. In 1700 it comprised 5856 acres. The manor house was often used by the bishops in the 13th and 14th centuries, though no record can be found for a chapel. Tonkin noted from the ruins that it had been a large place and recorded a large prison, then scarcely used, and a large barn. The rest was but a sorry village of three or four houses. Today the tithe barn alone remains, with buttresses and a wagon roof. (3) (SW 81945638) Prison (NR) Remains of (NAT) (SW 81985635) Palace (NR) Site of (NAT) (4) The present farmhouse at Cargoll is not outstanding, and nothing is known about the site of the Palace (4) which is now under the front lawn. The tithe barn is generally in a good state of preservation although a number of modern windows have been added. The roofing timbers are still intact, but the thatch has been replaced by galavanised sheeting. See GP. Tonkin recorded that there was a large prison and a large barn, but the OS 25" shows the remains of the prison at SW 81945638 which is the position of the tithe barn; nothing is now known about the site of the prison. (5) Barn at Cargoll Farm Scheduled 620. (6) Late 14th century Barn, the only survival of the Medieval palace of the Bishops of Exeter on this site Listed Grade I. (7) SW 81945638. Barn at Cargoll. Descheduled. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1963
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Source details : DOE (HHR) Truro RD Oct 1960 15
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Source details : Henderson Mss ECC Ants I 1923-4 442 (Truro Museum)
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : Tonkin Mss c 1700-36 (Truro Museum).
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : OS 25" 1908
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1 MJF 03-SEP-70
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : DoE(IAM) Sched List 31.12.77 37
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : DOE (HHR) Carrick, Nov 1988, 36
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : EH Descheduling, 28-AUG-2001
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : C14th
Monument End Date : 1399
Monument Start Date : 1300
Monument Type : Manor House, Tithe Barn
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
Display Date : Date unknown
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Monument Type : Bishops Palace, Prison
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 91262
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SW 85 NW 7
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1970-09-03
End Date : 1970-09-03

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Cargoll Farm Barn