The Barn

The Barn is a 17th-century barn that has been converted into a house, likely around 1948 with some modernization in the 1960s. It features a timber-framed structure with the exposed frame on the west side, while the east and south ends are weatherboarded. The south end is underbuilt with 20th-century brick and clad with peg-tile above, and there is a 20th-century brick chimney. The roof is covered with peg-tile.

The building was originally a threshing barn oriented on a north-south axis, with the south end facing the lane. It originally had opposing full-height double doorways leading to a central threshing floor, both of which have midstreys. The northern end remains open to the roof, while the rest of the barn has been floored and features a two-room plan. The large front sitting room on the south end has a western lateral stack, with services and a kitchen located in the eastern midstrey and lean-to outshots at the back. The entrance is through the western midstrey.

The exterior includes mostly small 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars. The front gable end has paired casements at both levels, and there are large glazed panels on the west and rear ends of the open section. The western midstrey serves as an entrance porch, although the original front arch is blocked, and the current entry has been created on the southern side. The roof is gable-ended at the front and hipped at the rear, featuring a gablet, with hipped roofs over the midstrey.

Inside, the barn retains much of its 20th-century conversion, but the original framed structure appears to be well-preserved. It consists of five bays with middle rails, arch braces connecting wall posts to wall plates, jowled wall posts that support collared tie-beam trusses, and arch-braced clasped side purlins with queen struts.

The Barn is part of a charming group of listed buildings near Barnes Place.