Plans submitted for further renovations on farm site
TWO derelict barns at a Talbot Valley farmstead could be renovated, if a planning applications is successful.
Les Galliennes has been empty since 2012. It includes a number of outbuildings.
The latest plans are for the storage barn opposite the main house to become a home and a roofless barn further back on the site to be renovated.
The applications have come from separate applicants.
There are already permissions in place to renovate the main house and the hay barn, with work having started on the latter.
The barn close to the main house is in a relatively good condition, considering it has been left for several years.
It is proposed that there would be an open-plan ground floor, with a kitchen, snug and living room area. On the first floor would be two bedrooms, as well as a library/landing.
L’Echelle Gatehouse is set much further back on the site, closer to Rue des Rocquettes, and is in a much poorer state.
In the application, architects PF&A stated it had fallen into disrepair.
‘There is currently no roof structure, floors, windows or doors,’ they wrote.
‘However, the existing granite walls are sound and capable of renovation, requiring only minor repairs and repointing.’
The gatehouse is not noted as a protected building under the same listing as the main farmhouse.
PF&A noted that until the site was recently divided into multiple ownership, all outbuildings, including the gatehouse, would have fallen within the boundary of land associated within a listed property, and therefore formed part of the setting of the protected buildings.
They added that it formed an important part of the hamlet.
‘Without renovation, the building will continue to deteriorate,’ PF&A stated.
‘This application will allow the building to be renovated to a design similar in appearance to the original building, utilising the existing walls and openings, and subject to a further application for an appropriate use.’
It is planned that the barn walls will be repointed, and an oak-frame roof structure installed, with pantiles. The two-storey build would have an internal staircase.
. Both applications can be viewed at https://www.gov.gg/liveplanningapplications
Historical importance
THE main house and the barn, along with the roadside wall, were listed in 2018, when the property went on the market. It was sold for £560,000 in early 2019 and has since been broken up between different owners.
Les Galliennes house and barn are traditional style buildings, which are pre-1787 and sited in a medieval settlement.
The house and barn were altered in the 19th century, with a Victorian wing, new roofs and various outbuildings used for the former horticultural use of the site.
The original proportions and plan form are clear, with much original fabric remaining, including the principle structure of beams and joists, tourelle and fenestration, as the house was not refronted.
The Victorian additions are also clearly discernible and show historic development.
