Barn Approximately 30 Metres North Of Bridge End Farmhouse

This is a large, eleven-bay barn dating to the 18th century. It is located approximately 30 metres north of Bridge End Farmhouse. The barn has a roughly L-shaped plan, comprising a principal north-west to south-east range and a wing extending to the north-west.

The barn is timber-framed and largely weatherboarded, with a brick plinth. The roof is a mix of peg tiles, slate, and corrugated asbestos. The south-west elevation, facing the front yard, has a peg tile roofed section. It shows the original site of two large wagon doorways, one with a 20th-century weatherboarded replacement door, and the other now infilled with weatherboarding and containing a small ground-floor door, an upper loading door, and a second loading door under the eaves, all boarded. The north-west end of the range has a slated roof that slopes over the aisle; half of this section has a high brick plinth with a loading door above, while the other half is open and arcaded with curved braces. The north-east elevation, facing the rear yard, features a corrugated asbestos cement roof with continuous louvred vents under the eaves, as well as one ground-floor and three upper boarded loading doors. A full-height open bay with a gabled loft above and a loading door in the gable is located in the north-west end. The wing to the north-west has a slated roof with two open arcaded bays extending around the north-east end. A narrow weatherboarded wall sits above these bays, with two boarded loading doors. The south-east end elevation is largely plain, except for a high boarded loading door, and the roof pitch is flatter on the north-east side over the internal aisle. The north-west end elevation reveals the gable end of the principal range and the side wall of the wing to the north-east. Slate roofs are present throughout. The entire elevation is constructed on brick walls, incorporating flint cobble panels. The wing’s walling is dentilled with two battered brick buttresses, and the wing’s construction is likely secondary to this boundary wall.

Inside, the barn’s interior is predominantly 18th century and notably elegant, featuring slender, unjowled arcade posts and small curved arcade braces to the aisle, along with knee braces. The roof has elements of a joggled butt side purlin type, with some rafters trapped by collars. The walling is largely of primary braced construction. The north-east wall of the main range is of heavier construction, featuring jowled posts, joints for internal tension bracing, diamond mullion holes, and shutter grooves for upper windows. There are four distinct phases of construction, likely including late 16th-century walling. Six south-east bays remain with an internal weatherboarded end. Five north-west bays are present, followed by a north-east arcaded wing, with the rear wall built upon a pre-existing wall. Scarf jointing is irregular, with some joints reminiscent of medieval construction techniques.