North West Barn On Staddle Stones At Williamstrip Farm

The north-west barn on staddle stones at Williamstrip Farm is a 19th-century threshing barn, dated 1806 as inscribed on a wall post. It features a timber frame covered with corrugated iron and 20th-century boarding, topped with a gabled roof. The barn has a five-bay layout, with a central threshing floor and a rear outshut. The exterior includes 19th-century plank double doors clad in corrugated iron on the north-east elevation and a single door to the rear outshut. Inside, the barn showcases an exposed timber frame of light scantling with diagonal wall bracing, and braced wall posts with hollow-moulded jowls supporting the butt-purlin trusses, although the struts have been removed. This barn is noted as a rare survival of a raised threshing barn, which was once common in central southern and western England but is now uncommon.