Barn Approximately 50 Metres South Of Valley Farmhouse

This is a barn located approximately 50 metres south of Valley Farmhouse, dating from the 18th century. It features a timber frame that is weatherboarded and plastered, sitting on a high plinth made of red brick laid in Flemish bond. The roof is covered with corrugated asbestos and has five bays aligned roughly northeast to southwest, with a midstrey on the southeast side. There is a 19th-century brick and slate lean-to extension in the eastern angle. The roof is half-hipped at both ends and over the midstrey. The hardwood frame is jointed and pegged, with face-halved and bladed scarfs in the wallplates. Originally, the roof did not have tiebeams; instead, it used bolted knees to brace the wallposts to the principal rafters, along with clasped purlins, which were later reinforced by the addition of tiebeams.