Sharnfold Farm Cartshed

Late C18 to early C19 cartshed, extended in the later C19 to form a stable to the south-east end.   MATERIALS: the cartshed has a coursed flint wall supporting a clay-tiled, timber roof structure. The extension is constructed of mixed-stock brick under a slate-tile roof.   PLAN: a long linear structure running north-west to south-east, with the end two bays clad in timber-boarding to create store rooms. The late-C19 extension is at the south-eastern end (running south-west), and forms a separate store room (former stable).   EXTERIOR: the cartshed is predominantly open-sided to the north-east elevation and is formed of ten bays, delineated by square-cut timber posts. The base of the posts rest on pyramidal stone pads with a pair of mid-post diagonal struts (some missing). At the top, short straight braces provide longitudinal support to a double wall plate. The posts are tenoned into both wall plates, supporting the pitched, clay-tile roof. This is gable-ended to the north-west end and hipped to the south-east end. A flint wall with regular brick buttresses forms the south-west (rear) elevation, which has a central opening with vestigial timber door. The south-east end elevation also has a brick buttress and the walling has informal brick quoins to the right side and stone quoins to the left-hand side. The north-west end elevation is constructed of coursed flint with informal brick banding and brick/stone quoins to the right-hand side, and has a central high-set casement window.   The C19 extension is built of brick laid in Sussex bond to the principal south-east elevation and English bond to the side and rear. The openings are on the south-east elevation; a C19, planked stable door with strap hinges, a multi-paned casement window under a segmental brick-arch and a C20 planked door. The C20 roof is hipped to the west end and covered in slate tiles with a red clay ridge.   INTERIOR: the roof structure of the cartshed is constructed of square-cut timbers. Each bay has a cross tie beam, tenoned and strapped into the wall plate and supported by a straight brace. Above, collars support continuous purlins. Most of the joints are pegged as are the rafters where they join at the apex, and there is no ridge piece. The last two bays to either end are clad in timber boards to form a store room. Their timber-planked entrance doors appear to be C20. The floor across the cartshed is of packed earth.   The C19 extension has a machine-cut timber roof structure supported by two tie beams with tenoned fan struts and a collar. The common rafters are braced by continuous purlins and meet at a ridge piece. There are two C20 inserted roof lights.The brick walls are exposed and the floor is concrete.