Cider Barn Immediately South South West Of Chipton Farmhouse

The Cider Barn, located immediately south-southwest of Chipton Farmhouse, is a building likely dating from the 18th century. Constructed from stone rubble, it features a bitumenized slate half-hipped roof, with the left end having deep eaves at the front. The barn has a long rectangular plan, with the higher right part serving as the cider barn. This section is open to the roof and includes a flight of internal stairs at the back, leading from a doorway to a higher ground level outside. The lower left end of the cider barn has a rear doorway that provides access to the apple loft above an apple crusher located on the floor below. The lower left end of the building is integral but its function is uncertain; it also has a loft.

The exterior of the barn is asymmetrical, with the right section of the east front being blind except for a row of pigeon holes under the eaves. The left end features deep eaves, a large central doorway with plank double doors, a small window to the left, and a plank door at the left end. The rear elevation has a loft doorway at the center and a left doorway at the higher end, which is set in a small stone gable.

Inside, the rear doorway of the cider barn leads to the apple loft, which occupies about a third of the barn. Apples were likely fed through the floor to the apple crusher, which has stone rollers housed in a wooden box casing that is cantilevered from the rear wall. The stone rollers are powered by a man-powered wooden wheel with an iron cog-ring. The higher right end of the cider barn, which is open to the roof, probably originally housed the apple press. The lower south end has a loft, but its purpose is not known. Currently, the building is being used for wine production, as there is now a vineyard at Chipton.