Granary at Camwell Hall Farm

Granary probably dating to the C16.

MATERIALS: timber frame supported on a brick plinth and clad in weatherboarding under a pitched roof covered with corrugated iron.

PLAN: the granary has a square plan. It is situated to the north-west of the farmhouse on the south side of the track known as Chase Way.

The adjoining C20 extensions on the north-east and south-east sides are not included in the Listing.

EXTERIOR: the two-storey, two-bay building comprises an enclosed granary raised over what was probably an open-fronted cartshed. The weatherboarding has been replaced and patched up, although the wider tarred section on the north-east front appears to predate that on the other elevations. The lower section of weatherboarding on the rear south-west elevation is replaced with corrugated iron. The south-east elevation is clad in MDF boards where it has become an internal wall adjoining the C20 extension. The first floor is accessed on this elevation via an external ladder. There are opposing unglazed, two-light openings at first-floor level on the north-east and south-west sides. The north-east opening retains one straight-sided diamond mullion per light, whilst the other has two mortices in the sill and lintel of each light indicating the position of the former mullions. It also has shutters with strap hinges, although one has recently become detached (it has been retained). The open-fronted north-east elevation has two timber posts supporting a substantial bressummer that has either been reused as the underside has mortices – one for a wide curved brace – or later adapted.

INTERIOR: the close-studded timber frame has a crown-post roof with clasped purlins and curved braces underneath the central, cambered tie beam. The rafters survive as does the crown plate in the north-west bay. A small number of the timbers have been reused and have redundant mortices and recesses. Some of the plaster from the infill panels remains. The main jowled posts and substantial wall plates survive, along with the joists that support the wide oak floorboards. At ground-floor level there is primary bracing on all three walls, although the bracing on the south-east end of the rear wall has been replaced, along with two of the studs. At first-floor level there is an arched brace on the south-east end of the front wall.