Ciderhouse And Linhay Approximately 25 Metres South-West Of Whelmstone Barton

The ciderhouse and linhay, located approximately 25 metres south-west of Whelmstone Barton, date back to the 17th century and were refurbished in the 19th century. The structure is primarily made of cob on rubble footings, with some parts replaced by 20th-century concrete blocks, and features corrugated iron roofs. It forms an L-shaped building around the south-east and south-west sides of a farmyard, with the north-west side occupied by a barn.

The longer south-west side faces into the courtyard and consists of a ciderhouse flanked by linhays, with another linhay at right angles facing north-east. The cob ciderhouse has a large central doorway flanked by 19th-century three-light unglazed windows that have plain square-section mullions and internal shutters. There is a central loading hatch on the first floor for the apple store. Inside, part of the floor is laid with an apple loft supported by a closely spaced series of heavy, roughly finished, and often waney crossbeams. A late 19th-century cider press with a cast iron screw is located in the open section at the right end, and the roof features 19th-century machine-sawn A-frame trusses. There is a second loading hatch at the left end.

To the left is a three-bay linhay with its hayloft floor removed and a replacement 19th-century nailed tie and cross beam roof. To the right is a seven-bay linhay with a replacement 19th-century roof of scissor-braced trusses that do not relate to the posts but rest on a wall plate. The crosswing is a five-bay linhay, part of its rear wall replaced by 20th-century concrete blocks, with the hayloft floor removed but likely retaining its original roof of A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. The roofs of all linhays are hipped at each end. All linhays are of Alcock's Type T1, featuring roughly finished full-height posts resting on granite pads and similarly finished crossbeams, all made of massive scantling.