Threshing Barn approximately 50 metres to the west of Rowden Abbey

This is a timber-framed threshing barn dating from the early to mid-18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. The barn’s frame is constructed using pegged post and truss timber, set on a rubble stone plinth. The upper section of the wall frame retains some undaubed stave and oak lath ventilation panels. The exterior is clad in weatherboards, with a plain clay tile roof on the south side and a corrugated metal roof on the north side.

The rectangular, five-bay barn is oriented east to west, featuring opposing double doors roughly centred within the wall frames. A central threshing floor is flanked by the remains of dwarf brick walls, separating it from storage bays on either side. These storage bays have weatherboard cladding, distinct from the outer bays.

The external walls are clad in 20th-century weatherboards, with 20th-century windows inserted into some of the wall frame panels. A large opening has been created on the south face of the eastern bay, and a lean-to, also clad in weatherboard, is attached to the north face of the western bay. The gable ends are blank. The pitched roof is tiled on the south side and corrugated metal on the north.

Inside, the five bays feature jowled wall posts supporting wall plates and tie beams, which act as the base for the roof trusses. Angled struts and two rows of staggered, trenched purlins are also present. Angled braces connect the wall posts to the tie beams. Most original common rafters remain in place. The upper section of the wall frames contains stick holes and channels designed to support staves around which oak laths were woven, and some of these original ventilation panels are still visible. Remains of brick dwarf walls flank the stone threshing floor, indicating the former presence of open frames to the storage bays, tenoned into the underside of the tie beams. Fragments of these frames survive. Weatherboard partition walls, one full height with a doorway above the tie beam, divide the storage bays. The outer bays of the barn and the lean-to structure to the north side have not been inspected.