Barn And Granary And Cartshed To East Of Heath House

The barn, granary, and cartshed located to the east of Heath House date back to 1684, with 18th-century additions and alterations. Constructed from stone rubble and covered with plain clay tiles, the building has an L-shaped plan and consists of two storeys along with a single storey and loft.

The barn features a three-bay range with a hayloft. The northwest side facing the farmyard includes four partly chamfered oak door frames, two of which have plain boarded doors while the other two are blocked. The gable end has a pitching hole and vent slots, and the rear side has three small ground-floor window openings and a doorway. Inside, there is a double trenched-purlin roof supported by three trusses, including two twin raking-strut trusses with cambered tie beams, one of which reuses cruck blades. The truss that abuts the granary has been adapted from a former external truss, featuring a cambered tie beam, four vertical struts, a collar, and twin raking struts. Only the posts remain of the former square framing below the tie-beam level.

The granary is a two-storey 17th-century bay that shares its roof with the adjacent barn and has a two-bay 18th-century cross wing extension. The gable of the 17th-century bay has an oak transom window opening with double top lights and two flanking blocked windows, along with blocked and part-blocked openings at ground level. An inscribed tablet is set in the gable end. The return side features a two-light transom window. The cross wing has rubble stone granary steps with ashlar treads leading up to a plain boarded door with a chamfered frame. There is a mullion and transom first-floor window with a pivoting mullion, and simple opposing ground-floor oak door frames. The tablet on the granary gable reads: I . S/ T S S/ 1684. Inside, the 17th-century bay has a double purlin roof, while the 18th-century bays have a single trenched purlin roof with twin raking-strut trusses, a bridging beam, and chamfered door frames.

The cartshed is an open-gable 18th-century extension bay to the granary, built with stone rubble flank walls and a king-post truss. This bay is partly extended under the granary's first floor. The tablet on the granary gable repeats: I . S/ T S S/ 1684.