Barn And Attached Stable And Shelter Shed To East Of Speedsdairy Farmhouse

The building is a barn, along with an attached stable and shelter shed, located to the east of Speedsdairy Farmhouse. It dates from the mid-18th century, incorporating some earlier work. The barn features weatherboard cladding over a timber frame, set on a tall brick plinth, and has a gabled corrugated iron roof. It has a five-bay plan with a central threshing floor and a gabled midstrey at the rear, which has 20th-century doors.

Inside, the barn showcases an exposed timber frame with diagonal wall bracing, and diagonal bracing from jowled wall posts to tie beams. The roof structure includes collar-strut construction with side struts, clasped purlins to the collars, and a lower tier of butt purlins.

There is also an early 19th-century L-plan shelter shed at the rear, constructed of weatherboard over a timber frame with a later pantile roof. Its interior features jowled posts braced to tie beams and wall plates, along with side struts to clasped purlins.

The stable at the front dates from the mid-18th century and is built of brick with a gabled corrugated asbestos roof. It is a single storey with a two-window range, featuring segmental brick arches over the door and flanking windows. Inside, it has 18th-century chamfered beams and late 19th-century stalls, mangers, and hay-racks. The range attached to the south of the barn is not of special architectural or historic interest.