Linhay immediately west of Membury Court

A farm building including a linhay and wagon shed, of circa C15 (east) and C16/C17 (west) date, with later alterations.

MATERIALS: rubble stone and flint with dressed stone quoins and timber roof structure. The floors are cobble stone.

PLAN: constructed on an east-west axis, the building is rectangular on plan.

EXTERIOR: the main elevation faces north. To the centre are two plank doors with strap hinges. The bays to the right are open with a central post supporting the roof. At the east end is a set of stone external steps to a loft door. At the west end is a large rising stone buttress. The roof is covered in corrugated iron.

INTERIOR: the building is divided by a cross wall (the original west end wall of the medieval linhay) up to loft height. To the west the bays are a full-height wagon shed and there are the remains of a cruck post in the rear wall. To the east of the stone crosswall are three face-pegged cruck posts, part of the original roof structure, with some evidence that the upper level was built of cob. The east end is lofted with stalls to the ground floor, two secondary rubble stone partition walls, and a cobble floor. The roof has a double ridge and four sets of purlins.