Barn Adjoining Ruggadon At The West

This building is a barn with origins in the 17th century, located to the west of Ruggadon. It was re-roofed in the late 19th or early 20th century and features whitewashed plastered stone rubble with a corrugated iron roof that is gabled at both ends. The barn was likely originally a threshing barn with a loft but was adapted for use as a cider barn in the 19th century. Currently, it has a loft at the right end, which includes an apple loft and a loft entrance at ground level at the rear. Before the late 20th century, the front floor of the barn was raised above ground level to facilitate the loading of cider barrels onto carts, although the ground level has since been raised.

Inside, the feet of the 17th-century trusses are visible; these were probably jointed crucks that extend to the floor with slightly curved blades at the top. There is a hand-operated cider press that is likely still functional, and an apple crusher that was powered by a now-nonexistent traction engine, although the belts and wheels from this system remain. This barn is an unusual survival of a large 17th-century farm building and forms an impressive group with the adjacent house, which is also separately listed.