Barn At West End Of Lane

This is an aisled barn located at the west end of a lane in Chute Forest, likely dating from the early 19th century. It is timber framed and weatherboarded on brick sills, topped with a thatched roof. The barn consists of three bays, with aisles that return at the ends, and features a half-hipped roof. The central cart doors have been cut into the thatch. On the south side, there are later brick buttresses. Inside, the barn has tie-beam trusses with straight corner braces connecting to jowled posts. It includes raking queen struts and collars, with principals that diminish above a single tier of purlins. Wind braces are limited to the central bay, and there are corner braces from the posts to the arcade plates. The trusses are numbered starting from the west end.