Barn With Attached Well House 30 Yards East Of Paddlesworth Old Farmhouse

This building is a barn with an attached well house, located 30 yards east of Paddlesworth Old Farmhouse. It is likely a former hall-house that was later converted into an apple store and is now used as a barn and store. The structure dates from the late 15th century or early 16th century and was extended by one bay at the south end, with alterations and the addition of the well house in the 18th century.

The barn is timber-framed with a red brick ground floor in English bond, showing some exposed framing, and has a weatherboarded first floor. It features a plain tiled hipped roof with a gablet on the north side. The building has two storeys, with one window on the first floor to the right and three-light casements on either side of a central entrance. The north side includes a window opening with diagonal mullion holes, while the south side has a casement window with an early 19th-century metal frame. The gabled timber-framed entrance has a small boarded door to the right, and the upper part of the entrance connects to the west wall of the barn, which displays exposed arched braces with wattle and brick infill.

The well house is located under the left part of the entrance and is now blocked. It contains wooden winding gear above and an original slate tank to the left. The frame of the building is morticed, tenoned, and pegged, and it features a series of graffiti inscribed on the frame, the earliest dating back to 1831.

Inside the barn, there are five bays, with the fifth bay added in the 18th century. The roof has collar purlins and three crown posts, although some tension braces to the tie beams are missing. The timbers are smoke blackened, and the posts are heavily jowled. The floors were likely inserted later, coinciding with the addition of the fifth bay at the south end.

Well houses are a rare survival, making this building particularly significant.