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Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’

Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’

Six hundred years after it was built, England’s largest surviving medieval timber-framed barn could now be “shaken to pieces” by aircraft vibrations, campaigners warn.

The public has until 1 September to submit objections to the Heathrow airport expansion, which could threaten the survival of the New Barn at Harmondsworth, considered a remarkable example of medieval architecture.

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