Barnstead

Barnstead is a house with an attached barn, dating from the 17th century for the house and the 18th century for the barn. The house is timber framed, featuring some curved and diagonal tension braces with painted brick infilling. It has a modern concrete pantiled roof that is hipped at the west end, along with a modern brick chimney stack. The building is 1 and a half storeys tall, with two windows at the front and irregular fenestration at the rear. The front displays 19th-century casement windows and a modern brick and pantiled gabled porch. Attached to the eastern end of the house is an 18th-century two-bay brick barn, which has a gabled roof covered in corrugated iron. Inside, the main beams and joists are exposed and chamfered with straight stops in both ground floor rooms to the right and left of the entrance. The main beam in the room to the left of the entrance is likely reused. The staircase is located in its original position between the chimney stack and the rear lateral wall.