Barn And Granary And Cartshed To East Of Heath House

HEATH

SO58NE Barn, Granary and Cartshed to east 482-1/1/140 of Heath House

GV II

Barn and cowshed, house now granary, and cartshed. Dated 1684. C18 additions and alterations. Stone rubble. Plain clay tiles. L-shaped plan. 2 storeys and single storey and loft.

BARN: 3-bay range with hayloft. North-west side facing farmyard has 4 partly chamfered oak door frames, 2 with plain boarded doors, 2 blocked. Gable end with pitching hole and vent slots. Rear side with 3 small ground-floor window openings and doorway. INTERIOR: double trenched-purlin roof with 3 trusses. 2 twin raking-strut trusses with cambered tie beams, one reusing cruck blades. Truss to interior abutment to granary adapted from former external truss: cambered tie beam, 4 vertical struts, collar and twin raking struts. Posts only survive of former square framing below tie-beam level.

GRANARY: 2-storey C17 bay now with roof shared with adjacent barn, with 2-bay C18 cross wing extension. Gable of C17 bay with oak transom window opening with double top lights and 2 flanking blocked windows. Blocked and part-blocked openings at ground level. Inscribed tablet set in gable end. Return side has 2-light transom window. Cross wing: rubble stone granary steps with ashlar treads up to plain boarded door with chamfered frame. Mullion and transom first-floor window (with pivoting mullion). Simple opposing ground-floor oak door frames. Tablet on granary gable: I . S/ T S S/ 1684. INTERIOR: C17 bay has double purlin roof. C18 bays have single trenched purlin roof with twin raking-strut trusses, bridging beam and chamfered door frames.

CART SHED: open-gable C18 extension bay to granary of stone rubble flank walls and king-post truss. Bay partly extended under granary first floor. Tablet on granary gable: I . S/ T S S/ 1684.

Listing NGR: SO5565185578