Granary And Cartshed, Corsend Farm

The granary and cartshed at Corsend Farm, dating from the early 19th century, features English-bond brickwork with squared, coursed blue lias stone on the back and sides of the ground floor, topped by a tiled roof. This two-storey structure has four bays, with the granary situated above the cartshed. The yard elevation includes four openings separated by 450mm square brick piers, with cambered arches and stone keystones. The openings are currently without doors, but stone blocks for hinges and hooks for gates remain. The right-hand arch was built up in the late 20th century. A boarded door on the first floor is located in the second bay from the left, with a projecting beam above for a sack hoist. The building features dentil eaves and a half-hipped roof. Stone steps on the left gable lead to the first-floor boarded door, while the eaves are plain. A late 19th-century brick extension serves as a garage and covers the stairs, but this part is not of special interest. The rear wall has blue-brick buttresses. Inside, the floor over the cartshed is supported by heavy beams that create five bays, with an end partition added in the late 20th century. The upper floor walls are plastered, with a combed plaster ceiling and three king-post trusses. There is no provision for lowering sacks through the boarded floor. This simple, well-preserved building is part of a group with the nearby barn.