Barn Approximately 10 Metres North Of Sheering Hall

An aisled barn, dating from approximately 1600, stands roughly 10 metres north of Sheering Hall. The barn is timber framed and has been weatherboarded, with a roof covered in corrugated plastic sheeting. It comprises six bays aligned north to south, with a midstrey (a central bay) located in the third bay from the south. 19th and 20th century lean-to extensions have been added to the east side. The north end has a half-hipped roof. The three northern bays appear older in terms of materials and design. These bays feature large jowls to the arcade posts, shores to the wallposts, arched braces to the tiebeams with struts in the spandrels, and arched braces to the arcade plates. The roof trusses have heavy queen struts and high collars with collar-braces (soulaces). Two butt-purlins are present in each main roof pitch, with curved wind-bracing on the upper purlins only. The arcade plates and wallplates are joined using face-halved and bladed scarfs. A section of the original wall at the northeast corner features curved braces trenched to the inside of the studs; however, most of the walls have been rebuilt with primary straight bracing. South of the central truss, the arcade plates are extended with simple scarfs, and the structure to the south is generally simpler and lighter, with slender jowls to the arcade posts, no spandrel struts, straight braces to the arcade plates, thinner queen struts and high collars, and a single clasped through-purlin in each roof pitch, without wind-bracing. It is believed that the three northern bays represent a reconstruction around 1600 of a medieval aisled barn, utilizing fewer resources in terms of timber and workmanship.