We are delighted to present the 2012 season of world class music in the informal atmosphere of the Barn, Farm and garden.
When it was built, around 1780, the Barn was thatched, constructed out of local stone with elm beams, probably cut from trees on the farm or nearby. The size of the Barn was largely determined by the length of the beams and the size of the trees from which they were hewn.
The Barn was the epicentre of life on the farm, providing storage for corn and hay as well as a threshing floor for wheat, oats and barley after harvest. Fodder was essential not only for cattle and sheep over winter but for the six working horses hard at work on the land.
With mechanisation and the steady increase in the size of machinery and equipment, larger yields, fewer horses and more efficient storage, the Barn slowly but steadily lost it’s prime position to become almost redundant.
We are extremely fortunate that the Barn has proven to be an auditorium with an exceptional acoustic which finds favour with all the musicians who come to play. We are so pleased that this quality enables us to attract players from all over the world.
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