Barn And Cattle Sheds About 90 Metres East Of Eriswell Hall

The building consists of a barn and adjoining cattle sheds, located about 90 metres east of Eriswell Hall. It dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century or early 20th century. The barn is constructed from English-bound red brick, while the cattle sheds are made from a combination of brick and flint. The roofs are covered with red pantiles; the barn features rebuilt brick parapets at the gable ends, and the cattle sheds have hipped roofs.

The barn has a large 9-bay design with threshing floors located in bays 2, 5, and 8. At the back (south), there are three cattle-shed wings, with the centre and right (west) wings being open-fronted to two stockyards situated between the wings. In the late 19th or early 20th century, the left and right wagon entrances at the front (north) were reduced in size, while the central wagon entrance remains unaltered. A weatherboarded range on the west side is likely a 20th-century addition.

On the exterior, the north elevation of the barn features a large central wagon entrance with 20th-century boarded double doors and a cement-rendered or concrete lintel. The left and right wagon doorways have been reduced and now feature lower segmented brick arches. Between these doorways are small window openings from the late 19th or early 20th century. The end gables have ventilation holes arranged in a diamond pattern within the brickwork. At the rear (south), the three long cattle-shed wings are made of flint and brick, with hipped roofs and flint and brick walls that enclose the stockyards. The centre and west wings are open-fronted on their east sides.

The interior of the barn retains its complete original roof structure, which includes staggered butt-purlins with rafters resting on the backs of the purlins. The bay divisions are supported by tie-beam and collar trusses, and there are intermediate principal rafters that also have collars but lack tie-beams. The collars are morticed and fitted into the principal rafters, with a timber wall-plate and ridge board completing the structure.