Brick Barn At Upleadon Court, About 7 Metres East Of House

The brick barn at Upleadon Court, located about 7 meters east of the house, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It features Flemish bond brickwork and a tiled roof. The barn is a five-bay structure without a loft. The facade facing the house has double boarded doors positioned to the left of the center, supported by timber door posts and a cambered timber head just below the wallplate. There is a small access door within the left main door. The barn has a plain brick plinth, with one bay to the left that contains three slit air vents below and two rows of two air vents above. To the right, there is a timber-framed lean-to that is not of special interest. The barn wall displays three rows of six slit air vents, with the center set half spacing to the right. At the right end, there is a boarded door with a cambered brick arch, along with another slit vent beyond it. Above the door, there is a square opening with a patterned brick grill and a cambered brick arch over it, featuring a small cross-shaped vent. The left return of the barn is brick and includes a diamond-shaped owl-hole in the apex, with plain bargeboards.

Inside, there is a stone-paved threshing floor, and the three bays to the right are brick paved. The rear wall has a wide, low doorway leading to the threshing floor, which drops to the ground beyond, and slit air vents run the full length of the wall. The trusses consist of tie-beams, collars, and angle struts, with two pairs of butt purlins and a plank ridge. The barn was likely originally larger on the left side, as indicated by gable vertical joints on the inside of the side walls. There is no evidence of a different use for the right-hand bay internally, which would explain the altered treatment of the wall facing the house.