Barn At Haresfield Farm

Barn. Built around the late 17th or early 18th century, with extensions in the later 18th century. The barn is constructed of brick in English and random bond, with a clay plain tile roof and gabled ends. A pantiled lean-to is situated on the southwest side.

The original plan consisted of a six-bay barn with a central midstrey (a central bay used for threshing) on the south side. A stable block with a loft was added to the east end in the later 18th century. A late 19th-century lean-to cattle shed was built on the southwest side of the west end.

The south-facing side of the barn features a central hipped midstrey with partially corrugated and partially timber doors, along with a lean-to. Stable additions are on the east end, with a staircase leading to a loft doorway in the east gable. A cart entrance is located at the rear (north side) to the right of centre.

Inside, the barn has six bays with four tie-beam and collar trusses, supported by two tiers of tenoned-purlins. The small collars are mortised to the principals. A similar truss is present in the midstrey, with common-rafters and a ridgeboard. A loft was inserted into the west three bays during the 19th century. There are ventilation slits at the east end.