Barns And Gate Farmhouse

Barns and Gate Farmhouse is a house dating from the early 16th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof covered in handmade red clay tiles. The building features a two-bay crosswing facing north, which has a 19th-century external stack to the right. To the left is a two-bay hall range of 17th-century origin, although it has been significantly altered in the 20th century. There is also a 20th-century crosswing to the left, which includes one internal stack and extensions to the rear.

The crosswings are two storeys high, while the hall range is one storey with attics. On the ground floor, there are three 20th-century casements, and on the first floor, there are four, including two in gabled dormers, all featuring diamond leaded glass. The entrance has a 20th-century door. Both crosswings have jetties, supported by two plain brackets that are exposed below the right jetty.

Most of the original interior features are found in the right crosswing. These include jowled posts, close studding with curved tension bracing that is trenched to the outside, a chamfered binding beam with plain stops, and plain joists that are horizontally sectioned and jointed to it with soffit tenons and diminished haunches. There is a cambered central tiebeam with arched braces, and a crownpost roof with a plain post and axial bracing, which was originally hipped to the rear and is almost complete. The building also has diamond mortices and shutter grooves for unglazed windows at both the front and back.