Barn To Rear Of North Stow Farmhouse

The barn located to the rear of North Stow Farmhouse is an early 19th-century aisled barn. It is constructed from timber framing and weatherboarding, topped with a clay pantiled roof. The barn originally had eight bays but now has seven. On the north side, there is a cart entry with a later porch extension in the third bay from the west, and traces of another entry can be found in the second bay from the east.

The barn features lightweight framing that is mostly free of reused timbers. Its trusses include straight tie-beams, posts without jowls, and bolted knees. The wide aisles are supported by double ties connecting the back of the arcade posts to the aisle roofs, along with diagonal struts. The arcade posts are linked longitudinally by middle rails, with straight primary bracing and bisected studs above, though there is no evidence of infill. This design may have been intended to stiffen the frame and possibly to separate the aisles for different uses. The arcade posts appear to go directly into the ground, likely resting on low brick or flint bases.

The roof features a deep narrow ridge-piece, a lower row of butt purlins, and an upper continuous purlin that is trenched into the principals and secured by short diagonal struts from the collars. The barn has 14 bays in total, with two of these bays corresponding to one bay of walls. This structure is recognized as one of the latest known examples of an aisled barn in Suffolk.