Barn And Attached Complex Of Buildings At Oak Farm

The barn and attached complex of buildings at Oak Farm date from the early 19th century. They are primarily constructed of red brick in Flemish and English bond, with some areas featuring weatherboarded timber framing. The roofs are made of corrugated asbestos and slate. The barn is oriented north-south and includes two midstreys on the east side, with lean-tos positioned between the midstreys and in the northeast corner. Extending from the north end of the barn is a range that includes a wagon lodge, a shelter shed, and stalls. To the south, another range extends west from the barn, featuring a coach-house with a loft above, flanked by single-storey wings on either side.

The barn has a half-hipped gambrel roof covered in corrugated asbestos, while the other buildings have low-pitched hipped roofs made of slate. The east elevation of the barn features two round windows with cast iron radial tracery, one round-headed window, three halved doors, two pairs of halved doors, and one pair of large doors. The southern half of the barn is ceiled and partly lined with matchboarding, having previously served as a parish hall. The northern half retains an open roof structure, with raking struts connecting the straight tiebeams to the principal rafters, tenoned collars, and clasped purlins in the upper pitch.

The west-southwest range includes four open bays and two pairs of double doors to the north, and two open bays and two halved doors to the south, with some weatherboarding present. The two-storey coach-house faces south towards the former farmhouse, now known as The Oak, and features three partly slatted windows on the first floor, along with three halved doors and three plain boarded doors on the ground floor. The single-storey wing to the west serves as a shelter shed that is fully open to the north, while the single-storey wing to the east contains stables with five halved doors. This complex was built by Guy's Hospital, which owned the farm from 1725 to 1920.