Thank you for your reply, Stoneboy. It hadn't occurred to me to be suspicious of the integrity of the rest of the roof, too, so thank you for raising that! I'll get a structural survey done on this as soon as I can.
Hi all This is my first post here, so please go easy on me :) I'm not a builder but I do have some experience of renovating a 15th century ex-Manor House, as well as having an enquiring mind! I'm looking at buying a barn conversion in France. Although the oldest part of the building is c200 years ol...