Barn, Hill Farm, About 45 Metres North Of The Farmhouse

This is a barn located about 45 meters north of the farmhouse at Hill Farm, dating from the late 17th century. It features timber framing on a stone plinth, with brick nogging at the bottom and butt-jointed boarding above, which covers woven wattle in some of the upper panels. The roof is made of corrugated asbestos. The barn has three bays, and the facade facing away from the yard includes double boarded doors in the center that reach the eaves, with diagonal boarding on the right-hand door. There are narrow panels on each side of the main posts. Inside, there are curved braces to the cross sill on each side of the threshing floor, with a cut-out in the center. The doors opposite the threshing floor are the same width as it. There is a down brace from the wall post to the bottom rail of the top wall panel, with the wall framing consisting of three panels high. The barn has tie beam trusses with angle struts and two pairs of purlins, along with a square ridge. A lean-to is present but is not of special interest. This barn forms a group with the farmhouse and the cider house nearby.