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

The Guardian reports that campaigners warn the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport could threaten the survival of England's largest surviving medieval timber-framed barn. The six-hundred-year-old New Barn at Harmondsworth, a remarkable example of medieval architecture, could be 'shaken to pieces' by aircraft vibrations, they say. The public has until the first of September to submit objections to the proposal.

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