Hen House at Old Green Street Farm

A hen house, one of two now separate surviving elements of a former range of formerly four contiguous buildings that originally included a barn, stables and granary dating to the mid- to late C18.

MATERIALS: The hen house is timber-framed, with a weather-boarded exterior set below a thatch roof covering.

EXTERIOR: The hen house is located in the north-east section of the former farmstead and formerly formed the south-easterly end element of the original range of four contiguous buildings. It is a low, single-story gabled building with two doors and a small opening at ground floor level.

INTERIOR: The hen house is divided into two spaces, each with their own entrance. The roof is constructed of coupled rafters which oversail the wallplate, except for the principal rafters which rest on posts. The thatch is laid directly onto widely-spaced laths. In the south end is a timber trough attached to the wall, while the north space has nesting boxes made of machine-cut timber boards. The walls are constructed of weather boarding attached to studs with straight diagonal braces.