Barn And Attached Stable And Cattleshed At Brickhouse Farm 25 Metres North East Of House

The barn, stable, and cattleshed at Brickhouse Farm, built in the mid-19th century, form an unusually large model farm group located 25 meters northeast of the farmhouse. The barn runs east-west and features lower stable and cattleshed ranges extending to the south, which enclose a yard that they face. The barn is a 19-bay structure, timber-framed, and weatherboarded, resting on low red brick walls laid in Flemish bond. It has three gabled porches on the south side, with corresponding double doors on the north side, where the original sliding doors' head tracks can still be seen. The gabled roof is now covered in corrugated asbestos, and the barn has a queen post roof structure with curved braces supporting the tie beams. The lower ranges are made of red brick with slate roofs. The long cattleshed on the east side features a wooden arcade with a curved beam in each bay that supports the front wall plate at mid-span. The stable range to the north of the central opening is weatherboarded and has stable doors, while the southern part of the central opening has been converted into a garage and store. Originally, there were two additional ranges extending south from the barn, enclosing three smaller yards, but these were demolished in the mid-20th century when large span concrete framed farm buildings were constructed in the yard, which are not of special interest. This historic group of model farm buildings illustrates the 'high farming' economy of the area in the mid-19th century and is of special interest, with the great triple barn being unique in this region. It is part of an architectural group with the 17th-century farmhouse.