Barn To South West Of Repton Manor

The barn located to the south-west of Repton Manor dates from the early 19th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is an exceptionally long structure originally comprising 12 bays, which has been extended to 15 and a half bays. The barn is timber-framed and weatherboarded, sitting on an English bond brick plinth, with the south gable constructed in Flemish bond brick. It features an old tiled roof that is half-hipped on the south side. The south wall includes ventilation slits, while both the east and west sides have two hipped cart entrances supported on brackets; however, the doors on the east side have been filled in. The west side has double doors and includes a full-length penticed open-ended cart shed supported by wooden piers. The wall frame is reinforced with diagonal braces. Most of the roof features a scientific kingpost structure with purlins, a ridgepiece, and bolted knees, although to the north of the northernmost cart entrance, there is a superimposed queenpost structure. The twelfth bay shows abandoned mortise and stave holes, indicating that this was the original north wall. The collar still retains rafters from the original half-hipped roof, which matches that on the south side. John Nash designed a cottage and farm buildings for Lord Thanet around 1805, which may have been located at Hothfield Place, the major residence at that time, but it is also possible they were at Repton Manor. The adjoining farm buildings to the north, which were originally of similar date, have been altered and are not considered of special interest.