Barn 50 Metres North Of Fryerning Hall

This barn, located 50 metres north of Fryerning Hall, has origins dating back to the late 13th century. It underwent alterations in the 16th and 17th centuries and was extended in the 17th and 19th centuries. The structure is timber-framed and weatherboarded, with a roof made of handmade red clay tiles and corrugated red clay tiles. It consists of three bays aligned approximately east-west, with a one-bay extension to the west added in the 17th century, all of which are aisled. Three additional unaisled bays were added to the west in the 19th century. There is a midstrey to the south within the aisle in the fourth bay from the east end, and double doors to the north in the second bay from the east end, along with 20th-century sliding vehicle doors in the west gable end. A one-bay animal house from the 17th century is located to the north of the eastern bay. The roof is hipped at the east end.

Inside, the three eastern bays feature arcade posts with short jowls, and at least four of these posts have oblique trenches for missing passing braces. There are near-straight arcade-braces and braces to the straight tie-beams, which show mutilated matrices of notched lap joints aligned with the passing-brace trenches. The aisle walls were rebuilt in the 16th or 17th century, retaining parts of the original wallplates that show evidence of former reversed assembly. The fourth arcade post from the east end has been severed about 2.5 metres above ground and is supported on horizontal timbers, each resting on two posts. The roof of the three eastern bays has been rebuilt in a clasped purlin form, while the roof of the fourth bay is of butt-purlin construction. Additional arcade posts and tie-beams have been inserted in each bay of the aisled barn. The three unaisled bays at the west end have thin studs, primary straight bracing, unjowled posts, and straight tie-beams with raking struts to the side purlins. The north wing features heavy studding, primary straight bracing, and a clasped purlin roof. The overall length of the barn is approximately 38 metres.