Barn, Cowhouse And Cartshed, Park'S Farm

The barn, cowhouse, and cartshed at Park's Farm date from the early to mid 18th century, with some early 19th-century elements. The barn is timber-framed with butt-jointed boarding, resting on a roughly-squared rubble stone plinth. The cowhouse features a brick rear wall and an open front supported by timber posts, while the cartshed is constructed of random rubble stone with Flemish-bond brickwork above. All roofs are tiled.

This L-plan group consists of a barn with a porch, a six-bay cowhouse at right angles, and a cartshed at the end. The barn faces the yard and has a double boarded door to the left of center and a small door in the right half. The plinth on the right is 1.4 meters high, with timber-framing above, likely featuring original boarding with vertical jointing of the boards. The ground drops on the left, with the top of the plinth and wall above matching the right side, where a door is cut into the plinth along with three slit air vents. The right return has a later door on the left and a shuttered opening in the gable, with boarding similar to the main facade.

Inside, there is a stone-paved threshing floor leading to the porch opposite, with brick sill walls on each side and a timber top with braces to the main wall posts. There is an opening on the right at the yard end. The timber-framing consists of three panels high with wind braces nailed in place. The left side has two bays with a sunk floor, while the right side has three bays, with the end two later converted to a loft with stair access. The barn retains shafting for driving machinery below. The trusses are collar and angle-strut types, supported on main posts at the gables and threshing floor, with wall plates and studs only in the top panel. There are two pairs of purlins and a ridge plank.

The six-bay cowhouse on the left has an open front with timber posts on stone bases and king-post trusses. At the end, the three-bay cartshed has a stone wall facing the yard and a brick first floor, featuring dentil eaves and a central doorway in the dormer with boarded cheeks and gable. The steps up to the door are missing, and the door is boarded with a cat hole. The left return has a lower ground level, open to the cartshed, with a central timber post that is repeated inside. The first floor has boarded timber-framing, a boarded door, and a shuttered window. There is a lean-to on the left side of the barn that is not of special interest. Overall, this 18th-century barn and its related farm buildings form a good and little altered group.