2 Barns Adjoining On North Side At Offley Holes Farm

Two barns located on the north side of the farmyard at Offley Holes Farm, both dating from the 17th century. The western barn has a roof that was altered in the early 19th century. Both barns feature timber frames set on brick sills and are clad in dark weatherboarding. The western barn has a steep old red tile roof, while the eastern barn's roof has been replaced with corrugated sheeting.

The eastern barn is five bays tall and includes a central gabled projection to the north, with double doors facing the yard to the south in the same bay. It has jowled posts, long convex curved tension braces to the sill, and long straight braces to the cambered tie-beams. The roof is a clasped-purlin design, with one purlin on each slope trapped between the principal and the notched end of the convex curved inclined queen-posts. The wallplate over each post features face-halved bladed scarf joints.

The western barn has four bays and includes a projecting porch on the south side in the second bay from the east. The western end bay is of slightly later construction. It has heavy jowled posts, straight braces to the straight tie-beams, and straight tension braces in the walls. The roof is a side purlin design.