North Barn At Hammond'S Farm

The North Barn at Hammond's Farm is a 16th-century barn located on Burge End Lane in Pirton. It features a timber frame set on a tarred brick sill and is covered with dark weatherboarding and a steeply pitched roof, which is now made of corrugated iron. The barn has five tall bays and faces south, with double doors located in the middle bay on the south side. There is a lean-to outshut on the north side of the same bay. The structure includes jowled posts, unjowled mid-bay posts, and a mid-height rail that is jointed in-line. It has straight tension braces and a central post at each gable with straight tension braces as well. Long straight braces connect to the tie-beams, and the roof is a clasped-purlin design with collars and long straight inclined queen-struts in the trusses. The front wall incorporates re-used timbers that lack jowls, and the north wallplate features an edge-halved scarf joint with bridled butts.