North Range Of Farm Buildings At Peasfield (35 Metres East North East Of House)

The north range of farm buildings at Peasfield, located 35 meters east-north-east of the house, is a group of historic structures dating from the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. These buildings are timber framed on low brick sills and are covered in dark weatherboarding. They feature steeply pitched roofs, which are now made of corrugated iron, and are generally half-hipped, with the stable having a hipped roof.

The range is L-shaped and faces south. At the eastern end is a 5-bay double-aisled barn from the 15th century, with the western end bay converted into a granary that has a cartshed below, dating from the 16th century. Adjacent to the west is a 4-bay unaisled barn from the 16th century, and to the south of the western end of this barn is a 3-bay stable from the 17th century.

The tall aisled barn features opposed central double doorways under lean-to roofs, heavy jowled posts with long curved square-section braces connecting to the tie-beams and arcade plates. These plates have edge-halved scarf joints with bridled butts and two face pegs. The aisle-ties have jowled ends and passing braces from the reverse-assembled aisle wall to the back of the arcade post. There are similar expanded ends to the rails and curved tension braces in the partition enclosing the granary in the end bay. The roof is supported by inclined queen-posts with clasped purlins.

The granary is only as deep as the nave of the barn and features heavy axial beams for the upper floor and loft. The lower 4-bay barn has double doors on the south side in the second bay from the east, with a lean-to extension at the rear opposite the doorway. It has heavy jowled posts and double-curved tie beams supported by deep curved braces, along with curved tension bracing in the low walls. The inclined queen-posts support clasped purlins in each slope, and the wall plate has an edge-halved scarf joint with bridled butts.

The late 17th-century 3-bay stable has unjowled posts and a door in the middle of the east wall, with curved braces to straight tie-beams and a clasped-purlin collar roof. The wall plate over the post features a face-halved bladed scarf joint. This range of farm buildings is an impressive example of historic agricultural architecture.