Barn, Stable And Granary, Birdwood House

The building known as the Barn, Stable and Granary at Birdwood House dates from the early 19th century or late 18th century. It features Flemish bond brickwork on a random rubble plinth, with yellowy bricks and every fourth course in red. The roof is covered with double Roman tiles, except for the stable, which has a corrugated asbestos roof. The structure is arranged in an 'L' plan, with a central barn and lower wings at each end, along with a short return stable.

The barn has central double doors in a heavy timber frame that stop just below the eaves and are now faced with metal sheets. On the left side, there are two rows of two slit air vents, while the right side has similar vents, one of which has been replaced by a boarded door. Internally, the barn consists of three bays, with an inserted loft on the right side. The air vents are wider on the inside. The barn features a tie-beam truss with angle struts and a collar, supported by two pairs of butt-jointed purlins, and long wind braces that cut through the rafters.

The building to the left is two-storey, with a boarded stable door on the left and a small shuttered opening against the barn on the right. There is a boarded door at the far end of the left return, and a central door on the first floor, part of which is in the gable, accompanied by a two-light wooden window on the left, each light having an iron bar. The lower room has a short, planted timber on the underside of the floor above with a socket, possibly for a cider mill. The upper floor serves as a granary, with plastered walls and a sloping ceiling, which likely had timber steps up to the door originally.

To the right of the barn is a lower wing with a boarded door at the far end and blocked windows in the other two external walls. Beams supporting the loft floor above remain visible. At right angles to this is a single-storey wing, featuring a boarded door on the right and one tie-beam truss, with a single window in the back wall, which was originally used for livestock. All small doors are in timber frames without a lintel. The barn, stable, and granary appear to be of the same date, while the single-storey wing was added later.