Foxs Barn

Fox's Barn is a pair of attached barns that were converted into a house in 1994 and 1995. The barns date from the 17th and 18th centuries and were altered in the late 20th century. They have a timber frame clad in weatherboard and sit on brick plinths, topped with plain tile roofs. The building has a T-shaped plan, featuring a taller 4-bay 18th-century barn that runs parallel to the road, with a 3-bay earlier barn forming a cross-wing on the left. The former 4-bay barn has a half-hipped roof at one end and a central double door with a 6-light window above, which replaced the original cart entrance. There are also late 20th-century casements and a half-glazed door at the front. The lower-roofed cross-wing includes late 20th-century casements and double doors leading to the garden. The interior has not been inspected, but it is recorded to have arch-braces framing with unjowled posts and a butt purlin roof in the 18th-century barn. The earlier range features two early 17th-century bays with jowled posts and a clasped purlin roof with windbraces, with the road-front bay being an addition. In 1976, a further 3-bay 18th-century addition was noted at the north-east end of the earlier range. Notably, the Quaker George Fox is recorded to have preached in the barn in 1655, as indicated by a plaque attached to the Quaker burial ground walls.