Brambletye Barn

Brambletye Barn is a timber-framed barn, dating from the early and later 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The barn is largely timber frame, faced with renewed weatherboarding, with some sections replaced by corrugated iron on the south side and squared rubble on brick plinths. It has a complex L-shaped layout, originally comprising two threshing barns—one on the south side, likely the earlier one, and another on the east side of a yard. These were later linked by an extension to the south end of the east barn. A range of cattle sheds extends eastwards from the north end of the east barn.

The south barn range has five trussed bays, a central threshing floor, and opposing waggon doors. It includes a double bay at the hipped (west) end, and outshots on the south side to the west of the waggon door and at the east end, both on lower plinths. Notable features include jowelled bay posts, stud wall panels with intermediate rails between posts, tension braces, and aisle arcade posts on the south side with angle braces to the plate. The braces to the principal beams are straight or slightly curved. The roof is a queen strut design with straight wind braces to the continuous side purlins; the aisle roof has staggered purlins with struts from the aisle tie beams. A high waggon doorway is located on the north side, while a low doorway with a 19th-century boarded double door is on the south side. Raking shores flank the posts on either side of the threshing floor, along with boarded sills. A second waggon door on the south side, to the east bay, is a later addition.

The east barn range has three trussed bays with a later aisle on the east side, which was extended southwards by an irregular bay to align with and link to the east end of the south barn range. The north bays incorporate arcade posts on stone plinths; the extension has a brick plinth. The aisle and north gable wall have stud wall panels with intermediate rails between posts and tension braces, although the wall panels are largely removed on the west side. Original, steep braces to the aisle arcade plate and principal beams have been replaced with higher, straight braces to improve headroom. The truss roofs are queen post designs with clasped purlins. A blocked five-light window with diamond mullions is located in the upper panel of the north gable wall. Boarded shutter windows are found in the east and south aisles.

The cattle shed has a five-bay framed roof on posts, open to the south, with squared rubble north and east end walls. The barn holds group value with the ruins of Brambletye House. It is also known as Wellington Barn and was reportedly used to house soldiers during an encampment at Brambletye in 1793.