Two Adjoining Barns At Saddlewood Manor And Cart Shed Adjoining On South East

Two adjoining barns at Saddlewood Manor, along with a cart shed attached to the southeast corner, form a single visual structure. The northern barn is dated 1746, while the southern addition likely dates from the late 18th century. The buildings are constructed from random coursed rubble stone with flush quoins on the earlier barn and coursed stone with quoins on the porches of the later barn, both featuring a stone slate roof.

On the west side, there are gabled cart entries just left of center for each barn, with boarded gables and timber doors (the doors on the northern barn have been renewed), and a small lean-to at the north end. The east side has opposed projecting low-level cart entries, both with shallow relieving arches and cambered timber lintels, although these are blocked and the northern entry is two storeys high. Each barn consists of six bays with collar and tie beam trusses, featuring a high cambered stone arch on the wall plane of the west side. Scattered slit vents are present throughout.

The entry on the east side of the later barn had some form of loading bay or ramp, which is now partly dismantled. The cart shed to the southeast is double width and three bays deep, with a hipped front, but the south wall was partially collapsed at the time of survey in March 1986, supported by a later prop at the center front.