Stable Cottage, Former Granary, to the north of Eglantine Farmhouse

This is a former late 18th-century granary that was converted into a stable and then a dwelling in 1995/6, requiring repairs and replacement of some materials.

The building is timber-framed with sections of breeze block walling on a renewed brick plinth which includes occasional flint panels. The roof is covered in slate and thatch. The weatherboard cladding, floor frames, roof structure, and internal finishes are modern.

The original granary was a square range, with extensions to the north (rear) and east. The main building has a late 20th-century hipped roof covered in thatch and weatherboard cladding over a 18th and later timber frame, with a breeze block section on the east elevation. The brick plinth is made of yellow brick laid in English bond and has occasional red headers and flint panelling. A slightly projecting pier supports the north-east corner. The north-east extension has a pent roof covered with slate, while the renewed eastern extension has a slate roof with an inserted skylight window. The main entrance on the west elevation is accessed by two granite steps and has a modern door. A second doorway is in the north extension, with a window to the right. Window openings have been inserted into the south and west walls at a higher level.

The interior of the granary has no exposed structural timber frame on the west, south and east walls, although corner posts are visible on the ground floor room to the west. Hip rafters are exposed in the upper room but these date from the late 20th-century conversion. The north wall frame of the granary is generally intact, comprising a sole plate, midrail, wall plate, and corner post to the east, with some pegged joints. Some studs show evidence of reuse, such as empty joints, and strengthening members have been added. At the west end, the north wall frame is disrupted by a modern entrance into the north extension, which serves as a kitchen. The granary's north wall frame is exposed here, with diagonal straight bracing. Substantial, rough-hewn tie beams span the space, supported by pegged brackets. The east wall of this extension is a modern construction. The north wall and part of the west wall have exposed timber framing, including a wall plate, studs, primary straight bracing, and sections of sole plate, also showing evidence of reuse. Much of the west wall’s timber frame is renewed and may not be structural.