Long Barn

Long Barn is a former farmhouse with origins likely dating back to the 16th century, featuring alterations from the early 17th and 18th centuries, along with thorough renovations in the 1970s. The building is constructed from colourwashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings and has a thatched roof with gabled ends. It includes a right end stack and two rear lateral stacks. The original plan suggests a three-room layout with a through passage from the early 17th century, where the lower end parlour on the left is now heated by a rear lateral stack, having previously been heated by a front lateral stack that was dismantled in the 1970s. Other alterations from the 1970s include the removal of the partition between the two higher end rooms and the enlargement of the passage into a stair hall. The roof timbers are likely from the late 18th or 19th century, but some smoke-blackened timbers indicate that the house may have started as a late medieval open hall.

The exterior features two storeys and has a long, asymmetrical five-window front, gabled towards the road, with the thatch eaves eyebrowed over four of the first-floor windows. There is a 20th-century porch leading into the stair hall to the left of centre, and a French window to the left of the porch. The windows are 20th-century timber casements with glazing bars in one, two, and three-light configurations.

Inside, the lower end parlour has an urn-stopped ovolo-moulded crossbeam, partially dressed off, and exposed joists, along with a rear lateral stack that includes a fireplace with a cambered lintel. The room to the right of the entrance hall features an open fireplace that has been reduced in size, with a chamfered lintel and a cream oven. The roof likely consists of pegged trusses from the late 18th or 19th century, with some re-used sooted rafters and battens. Despite the 20th-century alterations, Long Barn holds significant group value within the village as one of several early traditional houses, gabled towards the road.