Barn To West Of Downham Lodge Farmhouse

This building is a former threshing barn dating from the mid-18th century, located to the west of Downham Lodge Farmhouse. It features a weatherboarded timber frame with a brick plinth and brick ends at the bases of the gables, topped by a pantile roof. The barn consists of five bays and has opposing cart entrances in the central bay. The tall panel framing includes tension bracing from the sole plates to the principal posts. The roof structure is made up of arch-braced tie beams with lap jointed collars, along with intermediate sets of principal rafters that have collars but no tie beams. It also has two tiers of wedge-tenoned butt purlins and a ridge piece. The principal posts are distinguished by carefully shaped jowls. This barn is a fine example of a five-bay threshing barn that has seen little alteration and is part of a cohesive farmstead group with Downham Lodge Farmhouse and the granary to the south.