Range Of 2 Barns Approximately 60 Metres South South East Of High Laver Grange Farmhouse

This is a range of two barns located approximately 60 meters south-southeast of High Laver Grange Farmhouse, dating from the 17th to 18th centuries. The barns are timber framed, covered with weatherboarding, and roofed with corrugated iron.

The first barn consists of five bays and is aligned roughly north-south, featuring an aisle only on the west side and a midstrey to the east. It has jowled posts, straight tiebeams, and arched braces connecting to the tiebeams and the arcade plate. The structure includes primary straight bracing and heavy studding, with vertical queen struts and clasped purlins, which have additional clasping collars at half-bay intervals. The arcade plate and wallplate feature bladed scarfs. The original west door has been blocked with corrugated iron. The east doorway retains carved grotesque brackets, each depicting a female figure with cloven hooves, which are tenoned and pegged into the angles between the jambs and lintel, original to the structure and showing traces of original red paint. The grotesque to the north of the doorway has been damaged to accommodate a later knee. Outside the brackets, rough 'spandrels' of weatherboarding suggest that the lean-to midstrey was added after the original barn was completed. The style of the brackets is comparable to those found at George Bootes House in Felsted, dated 1596, indicating that this barn was likely constructed between 1600 and 1640.

The second barn, also five bays, extends to the north of the first barn and does not have an aisle. It features a midstrey to the east and double doors to the west. The posts are now jowled, with arched braces to the straight tiebeams and primary straight bracing. It has inclined queen struts to the principal rafters and clasped purlins with arched wind bracing, dating from the late 17th to early 18th century. The barns are listed for their group value.