Barn And Shippons Approximately 15 Metres To North-West Of Lee Barton

A barn and shippon, likely dating from the early 17th century, stands approximately 15 metres to the north-west of Lee Barton. It may have originally been a separate service range associated with Lee Barton. The building is constructed of uncoursed stone rubble to the ground floor and cob to the first floor, with later rebuilding in stone rubble. It has a gabled corrugated-iron roof, with lean-to roofs over minor additions. The plan consists of a range aligned north-west/south-east, facing a farmyard to the north-east, where the ground slopes to the right. To the left are shippons divided by a stone wall, with a loft above, and a barn to the right. Later additions include one-storey outshuts to the front at both ends. Further alterations in the late 19th century included opening the front of the loft on the left and rebuilding the right-hand gable end.

The shippon on the left has an open-fronted loft, divided by a square stone pier, and two ground-floor plank doors with wooden lintels. A lean-to addition is attached to the left. A large lean-to addition to the right has a cart entrance with a pair of large double plank doors and two small windows with brick reveals and wooden lintels. The left-hand gable end has a plank loft door with brick reveals and a wooden lintel, and a ground-floor two-light window with a wooden lintel. The right-hand gable end also has a plank door with a wooden lintel.

Inside, the loft in the left-hand end is supported on two low stone cross walls. The right-hand shippon features three 17th-century cambered, chamfered cross beams, the right-hand one being a half beam with straight cut and broach stops. The roof is a largely 17th-century nine-bay arrangement, primarily featuring 17th-century trusses with straight principals and pegged lap-jointed collars. The third truss from the left is probably late 16th or early 17th century, with a mortice and tenoned collar and principals with curved feet. The first truss from the left is also likely from around 1600, with a cambered collar, principals with curved feet, and mortice and tenoned apex. These two trusses, likely reused, display evidence of former trenched purlins. The building forms part of a farmstead grouped around Lee Barton.