Paston Great Barn
Paston Great Barn | ||
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OS grid reference TG 32192 34539 | | |
Area | Norfolk | |
Built | 1581 | |
Governing body | Natural England | |
Owner | North Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | ||
Official name | Paston Great Barn | |
Designated | 16 April 1955 | |
Reference no. | 1306240 | |
Official name | Great Barn, Paston | |
Reference no. | 1002884 | |
Paston Great Barn is a medieval barn near
The barn
The barn is a long, low building, with a
The barn and its immediate surroundings was
In 2002, English Nature, took on a 50-year lease of the barn. There is currently no public access into the barn, partly in order to minimise disturbance to the bats, although some educational interpretation at the site is being considered for the future.
Bats
The barn is one of only six known maternity roosts in Britain for the barbastelle bat, a species which is rare at a European scale, and it is the only roost in a building.[9] The colony was discovered in 1996. The barbastelles mostly roost in large crevices in timber lintels over the barn doors. Their feeding grounds are believed to include nearby coastal cliffs.
Breeding colonies of Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri), brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) and common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) also inhabit the barn.[10]
References
- ^ a b Historic England. "PASTON GREAT BARN (1306240)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Paston Great Barn". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Map of Paston Great Barn". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Paston Great Barn". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Paston Great Barn". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Norfolk Coast AONB Management Plan 2014-19: Other Conservation Designations within the AONB" (PDF). Norfolk Coast AONB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ISBN 0 906969 36 0.
- ^ "Paston Great Barn". National Archives. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Goldsmith, John; Goldsmith, Sue. "Bats at Paston Great Barn" (PDF). Norfolk Bat Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-02-13. Retrieved 25 September 2022.