Group Of Attached Farm Buildings, Comprising One Barn, One Animal House, 2 Stable Blocks And Attached Wall At Heywoods Farm

This group of attached farm buildings, encompassing a barn, an animal house, two stable blocks, and an attached wall, is located at Heywoods Farm in White Waltham. The structures date to the 17th and 18th centuries.

The buildings are arranged to enclose three sides of the former farmyard, with an entrance on the east side, open to the south towards the former farmhouse (listed separately). The barn and cartshed are timber-framed with later brickwork and brick infill, while the stables are entirely brick. All structures have old tile roofs, a mix of hipped and gabled forms.

The animal house, which originally served as a barn, forms the west side of the farmyard and dates to the 17th century, altered in the 18th. It features a timber frame of nine bays, with aisles added to the east and west. The west front retains four brick piers marking the location of two former wagon entries. Five rooflights are visible on the east roof slope. The interior boasts a high-quality timber frame with a queen post roof and straight posts, along with carpenters' marks in sequence. A 20th-century extension on the south end is considered of no special interest.

The barn, situated on the north side of the farmyard, was built in the mid-18th century. It is long and rectangular, likely consisting of ten bays, with aisles and wagon entries on both the north and south sides. The wagon entries on the south front have hipped roofs and large plank doors. The north front has ventilation slots in the aisle walls. A hipped end gable of an adjoining stable block is visible at the left end.

The two stable blocks are located on the east side of the farmyard, arranged symmetrically with a central entry to the farmyard. The east side features coped pedimented gables flanking the entrance, with a moulded brick string course. The left gable has a circular blind opening in the pediment and segmental-arched openings on the ground floor. A later aisle is situated to the left of this gable. The south return gable displays a brick date of "1750". The right gable is missing its pediment but retains two blind openings with segmental arches on the ground floor. A section to the right of this gable is slightly set back and connects to the barn, incorporating five bays of segmental-arched blind openings.

A wall, approximately 10 metres long and 3 metres high, is attached at a right angle to the west front of the left-hand stable block, partially rebuilt.