Barn At The Pale Farm (20 Metres North West Of The House)

The barn at The Pale Farm, located 20 meters northwest of the house, dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. It features a timber frame with dark weatherboarding and a steep old red tile roof that slopes down to the eastern part, which has a half hip and a gablet at the eastern end. The structure is an unaisled barn with six bays oriented east-west. The older eastern section consists of two bays, which were originally three or more, and includes jowled posts with quadrant convex braces supporting the middle truss. Heavy curved queen-posts hold up the clasped-purlin roof, which is reinforced with straight wind braces. There is a projecting northern outshut in the second bay from the east. The walls have convex curved braces and full-height heavy studs, with straight braces at the corners.

The taller western section has four bays and features jowled bay posts, while the mid-bay posts are unjowled. Straight braces support the tie-beams, and there is a mid-height rail in the walls with straight tension braces above. The roof in this section also has inclined queen-posts and a face-halved bladed scarf joint.