Barn At Chinthurst Farm

The barn at Chinthurst Farm is a Grade II listed former stable and cartshed, originally built as a barn in the 17th century. It features three bays and was rebuilt on a higher plinth, later converted into a stable for four draught horses in the late 18th or early 19th century. This conversion included the addition of a floor for a hay-loft and a two-bay single-storey cartshed added to the west around the same time.

The structure is timber-framed and clad in weather-boarding, topped with a half-hipped tiled roof and a deep plinth made of stone rubble with some brick dressings. The south side has the steepest slope, while the north side includes a slim cart entrance to the cartshed, a stable door to the former stable, and two later inserted windows. The east side features a loading door for the hay-loft, equipped with iron pintle hinges, and the south side has a low dung door leading into the farmyard.

Inside, the barn showcases wide curved queen struts through the purlins, corner jowled posts, and curved tension bracing. The inserted upper floor is supported by triangular spine beams, with joists resting above. There are wide gaps at each end for feeding hay directly into the hay racks. The interior retains 19th-century boarded partitions that separate the stalls, along with mangers that have rings for tethering horses and hay racks above. Notable features include harness trees and bridle pegs made from bent twigs, and a cobbled floor in the center. The cartshed has a queen post roof and some diagonal tension bracing at the wall plate.