A programme of archaeological building recording and monitoring at the site known as Pugh's Yard, Weobley, Herefordshire, was carried between March and October 2002.

The grade II listed buildings - Pugh's Barn - were originally constructed as two separate barns, dating from the 17th Century. The main building was a threshing barn and the secondary building was used for cattle with storage space above. 

At the time of the tithe survey, 1838, the property was described as a 'close'.  The occupier was John Whiting and the owner of this, and a great deal of the rest of Weobley, was the Marquis of Bath.  The Marquis was still the owner in 1871 when a large number of his other properties in Weobley were auctioned. 

In the 1930s the barn was used as Recreation Rooms.

No major archaeological features or deposits were observed during the monitoring of ground disturbance associated with the construction work.

One of the panels in the barn

Reporting

Unpublished Report - Pugh's Yard, Weobley, Herefordshire: archaeological monitoring and building recording,  P J Pikes, Huw Sherlock and Robert Williams, 2003. 

This report is available at the Archaeological Data Service site

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