Former threshing barn approximately 52m east-south-east of the farmhouse, Pangfield Farm, Stanford Dingley

Former Threshing Barn at Pangfield Farm, Stanford Dingley

A former three-bay threshing barn, probably dating to around 1600, now in use as a stable. The building has undergone later modifications including the addition of an aisle to the south and an outshot to the west.

The barn is timber-framed and brick construction, with weatherboarding and metal sheeting. The exterior features a pegged timber-frame of substantial scantling on a red brick plinth laid in Flemish bond. A central midstrey is sheltered by a projecting metal-covered hipped canopy to the south. The brickwork to the west of the midstrey is earlier in date, constructed with narrower bricks of a darker red. Modern vertical timber boards with ventilation gaps form the north and south walling. The half-hipped roof is covered with corrugated metal sheeting. The north elevation could not be inspected, and the east and west elevations are masked externally by later extensions.

The west outshot has a pent roof and weatherboard cladding, largely obscured by metal sheeting. A late 19th-century pitched roof extension adjoins to the west, with a blocked opening to the south.

Internally, the earliest wall frame is incomplete to the north, west and east, with the wall plate, principal and storey posts, curved and straight braces and midrails surviving. Most intermediate studs have been removed. The north opening for the threshing bay is marked by two surviving door posts, though the doors themselves are removed. Beneath the midrails to the east and west, the posts apart from the principals have been removed to create a more open plan. At the west gable end, posts and midrails with studs above survive, though some studs may be replacements. Nailed butt-edged weatherboard cladding is attached to the exterior and protected by the west outshot.

At the east, many of the earliest cross-frame members are replaced, but the tie beam and collar to the half-hipped roof remain. The half-hipped roof is supported by a queen-post truss at the west end.

The earliest south wall was removed when the aisle was added; some timbers may have been reused in the new wall frame, as evidenced by empty mortices. The aisle plate also has empty mortices and stave holes, suggesting it may have been formed from the midrail of the earliest barn. The canopy structure to the midstrey comprises reused and modern timbers, with a planked soffit formed from weatherboards.

The roof structure survives generally intact. The north pitch has been slightly raised by additional timbers, including a ridge, to support the metal roof covering. The earliest roof comprises a common rafter roof with clasped purlins; most rafters remain in situ with some additions for strengthening and others showing evidence of reuse. There are raking shores to the trusses on either side of the central bay, the former threshing floor, and generally curved windbraces to the purlins. Battens contemporary with the original structure may have supported a thatched roof.

The west outshot features rough-hewn framing comprising midrails, posts and sole plate on a brick plinth; some of the timber is softwood and probably replaced. The wall plate and pent roof are similarly crudely constructed. A loft is inserted at the north end.