Barn Adjoining And To North West Ferris Court Farmhouse

This is a barn located to the northwest of Ferris Court Farmhouse, dating from the 15th century. It was altered to serve as a cloth workshop around 1700, with additional modifications made in the 18th century. The barn is constructed of random rubble limestone and has a stone slate roof. It features five bays, a central gabled porch on the south side, and two later lean-to outshuts. The porch has weatherboarding above the doorway, which is framed by a timber lintel. The west end of the barn has been converted into a stable with a loft above, accessed by a flight of stone steps and a gabled doorway at eaves level. The barn has parapet gable ends, with the east end displaying a cross-roll saddle and trefoils on each face. There are slit vents and a central pedestrian doorway on the east end, along with a blocked loft doorway on the west end, where the coping has been partially rebuilt.

On the north side, there is a continuous chamfered plinth and four offset buttresses that rise halfway up the wall. The central barn doorway features a mix of stone and concrete block infill, along with some other openings. Inside, the barn boasts a fine five-bay roof supported by raised cruck trusses with arched bracing at the collars and curved windbracing, although some of the windbracing is missing. The south side wall has mullioned windows that were added when the barn was converted into a cloth workshop around 1700, likely with the upper floor used for spinning and weaving taking place below. Casements were blocked up before the addition of the outshuts, which probably occurred in the late 18th century. This barn is significant, as it likely once formed part of a group of buildings associated with the late medieval manor house.