The former Granary

The former Granary is an early 19th-century building located to the east of Kingstead Farm, with its front facing south-west. It features a timber frame with weatherboard cladding, and its half-hipped roof, which was originally thatched, is now covered with corrugated asbestos sheeting.

The granary has a rectangular shape and is raised on twenty-five staddle stones arranged in five rows of five. The south-west elevation has a central plank door, while the west gable end has a blocked pitching hole or window, and there is a single-light opening in the centre of the rear (north-east) elevation.

Inside, the granary has a pegged timber frame consisting of three bays, with a cambered tie-beam roof that includes a nailed yoke plate, slightly curved braces, and one row of squared butt-purlins. Many of the original chestnut roof battens are still visible beneath the modern cladding. The lower half of the walls is lined with horizontal boarding, although the divisions for grain bins have been removed.

Historically, the granary appears on the Fonthill Bishop Tithe map from 1838, indicating its early 19th-century origins. It is part of the Kingstead Farmstead, which was built for the Fonthill Estate.