Barn At Little Worge Farm

The barn at Little Worge Farm, dating from around 1750, is located on the site of an earlier barn that appeared on a map from circa 1620. This timber-framed structure is clad in weatherboarding and features a half-hipped roof covered with corrugated iron sheeting. It has a roughly central wagon entrance flanked by full-height doorways on the north and south sides, which are of restricted width. The barn consists of seven bays, with a pair of storage bays on either side of the wagon entrance. The end bays to both the east and west were formerly floored and had partitions on the ground floor, likely used for housing cattle.

The wall frame includes a midrail, rounded jowl posts, and straight raking foot struts at the upper level. The roof is constructed with collar-and-clasped-side-purlins, featuring collars at the trusses and at the center span of each bay. Some rafters show rope stains, suggesting that the original roof covering was thatch. A notable feature of this barn is the long sling braces that extend from ground level to collar level, with short tiebeams connecting the tops of the walls to these braces. There is also a modified form of sling brace within the two trusses that separate the lofted ends from the main body of the barn. Sling braces were introduced as barns were filled higher to eliminate obstructing tiebeams, making this an early example, with few known instances of such early construction in East Sussex.