Henbarns Farmhouse

Henbarns Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse with later additions and alterations. It is timber framed, with painted brick infill on a sandstone block plinth, and has a slate roof. The house has an L-shaped layout, comprising a hall range of two framed bays and a two-bay cross-wing projecting to the right. The house is two storeys high. The timber framing features square panels, four from the cill to the wall-plate, with long straight tension braces. The end trusses have collar and tie beams, with king struts and projecting single-purlin ends. The hall range has two late 20th century casement windows on the ground floor, one to the right in the position of an infilled doorway between the ranges, and one directly below the eaves to the right. The cross-wing has two late 20th century casement windows to the first floor, and one late 19th-century casement above the tie beam to the centre. A late 20th century glazed door sits under a lean-to porch to the left, with a contemporary casement window to the right. A roughly central red brick ridge stack is located on the hall range, and there is an external stack to the right gable end where the hall range continues for a short distance to the right of the cross-wing. A Salop Fire Insurance Plate is visible between the first-floor windows of the cross-wing. A roughly central red brick ridge stack is located on the hall range, and there is an external stack to the right gable end where the hall range continues for a short distance to the right of the cross-wing. There is a 19th-century rubblestone lean-to to the right of the cross-wing, partly rebuilt in the late 20th century, and a lower 19th-century lean-to against the left gable end of the hall range. The interior includes chamfered ceiling beams and joists to the ground-floor rooms, as well as exposed timber framing (light square panels) on several cross walls. A partly infilled inglenook fireplace with a segmental wooden lintel is located in the right gable end. Although the house appears later in style, a carved date “1623” was reportedly discovered on the front during 20th-century restoration work.