Harmondsworth Barn in Mitzic

Very interesting place.

Nice bit of history.Definitely worth preserving and moving to a save place when we build the 3rd runway for Heathrow, which is desperately needed

If your interested in visiting historical buildings you might be interested in this, as the name suggests its a barn

Very nice instructor

Wonderful place. Thank you for the tour!

Volunteers are very friendly and provided me with a guide of visiting the barn. Free entry is another attractive point. Lovely architecture

On a blistering hot day it was a relief to enjoy the cool, shady spaciousness of this magnificent structure.The volunteers are friendly and very knowledgeable. I learned a lot about the construction and history of the barn and its surroundings.

This 13th century oak structure is ranked pretty high along other Grade I listed buildings like Westminster Cathedral and Parliament House. Its bit unusual and highly admirable for a timber building that was just used for oat, barley and wheat storage. It also inspired other famous architects who based the Christ Church in New Zealand and a library in Oxford with same design.It has survived despite being wooden and whey inside which is an invitation for fire and now lets see if it can repel the Heathrow expansion.

Harmondsworth Barn will be demolished to make way for the third runway at Heathrow Airport.

Enough volunteers to help each guest. Thanks to everyone who helped us and our kids taking through each and the heritage.

This is an amazing place. The barn is massive! Its withstood fire and there is a lot to see inside the Barn. Its been used in movies and you can see why. Its like stepping onto a movie set. There is plenty of parking , its free to get in. Good Covid protocols in place. There is a pub nearby and a church that has a toilet. Its a good day out. Harmondsworth itself is a really lovely village.

Magnificent survivor from 16th Century. Huge timber roof covers very large barn. Now used for exhibitions, events. A very important, listed building. This must be seen. There is easy access by car if needed.

Interesting open day with Morris dancers and heavy horse display.

The barn itself is an enormous restored medieval tythe barn, said to be the only one of its type remaining in the world. To say its environs dont befit its venerable status is an understatement, but if youre in the vicinity its definitely worth the detour. Just dont expect to picnic there. The village has a dubious future, as the Heathrow extension could be on their doorstep soon. The church next to the barn is worth looking at, however its locked so you can only view the outside and the graveyard.

Wonderful 15th century survival, with knowledgeable and friendly volunteer guides. No toilets, tea rooms etc on site, but nice pub next door (Five Bells).

Harmondsworth Barn is the largest such Medieval barn surviving in England and, it is thought, the third largest ever built. It is vast. Its structure is an example, long before Le Corbusier, of the beauty that can arise when form follows function. Very knowledgeable, friendly volunteers are there to help and there are information boards too.There is some parking at the site which can also be reached by various bus services to Harmondsworth: they stop a short walk away.To make the most of your visit, you could also visit the grave of Cox (after whom the apple variety Coxs Orange Pippin was namedin the graveyard of the adjacent St Marys church: go up the churchyard path then go right then left to find the low table-tomb beneath a yew tree.You could also visit a memorial to Barnes Wallis, the Dambusters, and the role played by the Road Research Laboratory which was once located in Harmondsworth. To get to the memorial, as you leave the Barn site, walk across the front of the Six Bells pub then go right for a hundred yards or so down the road.

Very interesting place :-)

Amazing medieval 15th century barn

A national treasure of the first rank.

Really interesting barn with very friendly and helpful volunteers to explain the history of the place, construction techniques and with lots of information on the inside. Really worth a visit

Wonderfully interesting historical building, very friendly and knowledgeable stewards, will definitely return.

I am very rarely rendered speechless, but that was my reaction on entering this absolutely amazing structure. As magnificent as any structure I have ever seen, in fact better than most and I highly recommend you visit. If the new runway at Heathrow airport is built, the new perimeter fence will be metres away from the barn and the ancient church nearby. But at least it will still be there.

Dubbed the "Cathedral of Middlesex" by Sir John Betjeman, Harmondsworth Barn ranks alongside the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey for its exceptional architectural and historic interest. Built in 1426 by Winchester College, 14 years before Gutenberg completed his printing press, it is one of the most complete and unaltered pre-Dissolution buildings in Britain.Used for agricultural purposes until as late as the 1970s, it fell into disrepair. It was taken over by English Heritage, restored, and is currently managed by the Friends of the Great Barn at Harmondsworth.The building is only open a couple of days a month, but you can walk around the outside at any time. There is also a granary raised on staddle stones at the same site.

Worth a visit, so close to Heathrow and near the proposed expansion. Lets hope it never happens.

Fantastic building

It doesnt look much from the outside, but inside its one of the most stunning buildings in the country. It feels more like a cathedral than a barn.

I came here on the last weekend the barn is open before it shuts for the winter break and was very interesting to observe a barn thats actually hundreds of years old and made so well.The barn, however, is really out of the way on the inner edge of the m25 and not connected fantastically to public transport.It depends on where you live really but I think unless you live in this corner of London , its certainly a trek with only a few minutes worth of viewing time once youre there.Unless youre really Into these type of architectural edifices, it may probably not worth making the journey.

Great staff provide an excellent way to learn about the history of the place. Most interesting.