Barn At Junction Of Doddinghurst Road

A barn, dating from the 17th, 18th and 20th centuries, now used as offices. The barn is timber-framed, with weatherboard and rendered sections, and has a peg-tiled roof that is hipped at the north end. It is aligned north-south and now stands two storeys high. The east front elevation has an outshut to the south, with a black-painted stack. The weatherboarding incorporates two rows of narrow 20th-century timber-framed windows designed to resemble wind eyes, with seven on the ground floor and four on the first floor. The north end is rendered, featuring a ground-floor range of four small 20th-century bay windows in pairs, supported by shaped wooden brackets. A peg-tiled pentice roof shelters a 20th-century glazed door between the northern pair of windows, with a square-paned window between the southern pair. The rear, west, elevation has a waggon porch in the centre of the south end, weatherboarded, with three upper 'wind eye' lights similar to those on the front. The ground floor has a simple 20th-century door, alongside three and two casement windows with 4x4 panes. Two lean-tos have peg-tiled and pantiled roofs. The north lean-to and north end wall are rendered with imitation timber framing and include two wooden-framed casement windows, each with four 3-pane lights.

The interior is oak-framed and comprises five bays, dating back to the 17th century. The waggon porch is likely a later addition. An additional bay was added to the north end in the 18th or early 19th century, built with rudimentary framing using reused timber. The main five bays feature stout framing with primary bracing. The principal frames have unjowled posts and cranked deep-arched braces to tie-beams and raking queen struts, with butt side purlins and rafters jointed to purlins. The wall plates have frequently face-halved and bridled scarf joints, always located at the principal frames, indicating progressive construction a bay at a time, a feature also observed in some other 17th-century barns in the area. Clear chiselled carpenters' assembly marks in Roman numerals are visible on the members of the principal trusses.