Kent Barn At Ibornden Farm

The building is a threshing barn at Ibornden Farm, dating from the 16th century or earlier. It was re-roofed and had cart entrances and pentices added in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The barn is timber-framed and clad in weatherboarding, sitting on a brick plinth. The south side features a tall hipped cart entrance, while the north side has a lower penticed cart entrance and penticed additions on three and a half sides, supported by wooden posts to the north. The roof is steeply pitched and covered with old tiles. The barn consists of five bays.

Inside, the original 16th-century frame is intact up to the top of the wall plate, with a late 18th or early 19th-century roof that includes through purlins, collar beams, and a ridgepiece. The wall frame features jowled posts, a midrail, and curved tension braces. Two bays retain passing braces, and much of the lath and plaster infill is preserved. Above the northern cart entrance, there is a shutter groove with mortises for diamond mullions and another shutter groove to the east. Boarded partitions with down braces are present on either side of the cart entrances, and there is an 18th-century door with pintle hinges leading to the outshut.