Barn Range At Westmill Bury Farm (100 Metres To North Of The Bury)

The barn range at Westmill Bury Farm, located 100 meters north of The Bury in Westmill village, dates from the 16th or early 17th century, with roof alterations made in the early 20th century. It features a timber frame set on a low red brick sill and is covered in dark weatherboarding. The west gable end is infilled with red brick that has a grey diaper pattern. The west arm has a red pantile roof, while the south arm is roofed in corrugated asbestos, featuring a steep pitch at the north end and a gambrel roof at the south. There is also a shorter north arm.

This T-shaped range consists of aisled barns with eight bays in both the west and south arms, and an unaisled short north arm. It has tall aisle-posts with ogee moulding at the base of the jowls, and curved braces connecting the arcade-plates and tie beams, as well as between the jowled bay posts in the aisle-walls and the aisle tie-beams. The roof structure is a clasped purlin type, with single purlins and trusses featuring collars and inclined struts at the angles. The original steep roof is preserved in two bays at the north end of the south arm. The west arm has had its aisle walls heightened, and a lower pitched roof has been constructed above the tie beams. The southern part of the south range retains steep roofs over the aisles, but the roof has been rebuilt to a much lower pitch over the nave, resulting in a gambrel roof form. Face-halved bladed scarf joints are used in the arcade plates above each post. This barn range is noted for its unusual extent and design.