Barn And Outhouse Adjoining South-East Of Pound Farmhouse

A barn and outhouse dating to circa 1670-90, with the outhouse added shortly afterwards, adjoin Pound Farmhouse. The barn is primarily cob on tall stone rubble footings, incorporating 17th-century brick internally and some Beerstone ashlar dressings. The outhouse is of English bond brick on local stone rubble footings, also with Beerstone ashlar dressings. Both structures were formerly thatched, now having corrugated iron roofs.

The outhouse, projecting at right angles to the rear of the farmhouse’s south-west end, connects the barn and farmhouse. While sharing a similar width and axis, the outhouse is slightly lower and faces north-east, unlike the farmhouse. The barn was constructed around the same time as the farmhouse, and the single-room-plan outhouse connecting them was added later, likely in the early 18th century. The outhouse is two storeys high.

The outhouse's front has one window. The ground floor window is an early 16th-century oak two-light window with Tudor arch headed lights, a moulded surround, and original iron stanchions and saddle bars; it is unglazed. This window is believed to have been taken from Mohuns Farmhouse. To the left of the window is an oak doorway with a slightly cambered head and chamfered surround. A 19th-century casement window with glazing bars is at the first floor level.

In the 20th century, the barn was altered, with the removal of much of the house-side (north-west) and gable-end (north-east) walls. The original south-west facing wall, which once contained a large full-height central doorway onto the threshing floor, was blocked in the 19th century and replaced by a slightly smaller doorway to the right, now with 19th-century double doors. A doorway and window embrasure remain at the south-west end, and the roof at this end is hipped.

Inside the outhouse, carpentry detail includes large, reused axial beams supporting the loft floor and a roof truss with a lap-jointed collar, using an A-frame structure. The barn was partially floored with reused timbers. A largely original five-bay roof remains, carried on side-pegged jointed crucks with pegged dovetail-shaped lap-jointed collars.