Barn And Shelter Shed, Corsend Farm

Corsend Farm features a mid-19th century barn and an attached late-19th century shelter shed. The barn is constructed of Sussex bond brickwork set on a low stone plinth, topped with a slate roof. It has a central threshing floor and a yard elevation with wide double doors framed by a cambered brick arch and a stone keystone. Stone blocks are positioned in the jambs on either side of the doors for hinges. Flanking the doors are three rows of diamond-shaped air vents, and the gables also contain twelve similar air vents. The building has dentil eaves and a low-pitch roof. Inside, there is a stone-paved threshing floor with brick flooring in the bays on each side. The roof is a five-bay structure supported by king-post roof trusses, with the center bay being narrower than the barn doors. At the back, there is a later shelter shed for yard cattle, which is open at the front and supported by timber posts on stone bases. This shelter shed has four bays and features tie-beam trusses with angle struts and an iron-rod king-post, with the tie-beam set below the wallplate. The roof is covered with tiles on boarding. Overall, this is a well-preserved building that exhibits some architectural pretension.