Barn, Originally Longhouse, Approx 40 Metres West Of Inglettes Farmhouse

This barn, originally a longhouse, stands approximately 40 metres west of Inglette’s Farmhouse. Dating to around the early 16th century, it underwent alterations in the late 16th or early 17th century and received an 18th-century roof. Constructed from granite rubble, the barn now has a corrugated iron roof with gabled ends. The building retains a longhouse plan, incorporating a hall, a through passage, and a shippon. A loft at the inner end of the hall, likely inserted in the late 16th or early 17th century, lacks a screen below, suggesting it was never intended to form a separate room.

A stone partition wall at the lower end of the hall, separating the hall and shippon, includes a blocked doorway with a granite lintel. An inserted axial stack at the lower end of the hall is situated against this partition wall, and the doorway is now behind the fireplace, raising the possibility that a wall always existed at this point, although its original height remains uncertain.

The south front features a later loft doorway above the through passage doorway. A hall window opening to the left of the doorway is splayed internally, and a full-height opening is broken into the upper end of the south front. The west gable has two small window slits at lower level and one at the apex, the latter potentially serving as a smoke ventilation for a former open hearth fire – a feature of exceptional interest. The east gable of the shippon has two drain holes and six ventilation slits, positioned at the apex, below, and at the lower level. A square opening, deeply splayed internally, is located at the rear (north) of the shippon. A later lean-to is attached to the front (south) of the shippon, and a continuous lean-to outshut extends along the rear (north) of the entire range.

Inside, the loft floor has an axial beam, chamfered with bar stops on the lower side and moulded (ovolo mould with two hollows and bar stops) on the higher side. The joists are also chamfered with bar stops. The loft beam lacks mortice holes on its underside, strengthening the likelihood it was never screened off below. The remaining hall ceiling appears to be a later insertion, featuring a square section axial beam and chamfered joists with run-out stops. The inserted hall fireplace has monolithic granite jambs, but the lintel is missing. A blocked doorway behind the fireplace includes a granite lintel, while a doorway near the stack has a chamfered, cranked timber lintel. There is no evidence of a partition between the passage and shippon. The shippon has roughly hewn axial beams. It is possible that the original drain survives beneath the flooring. The roof is supported by later trusses with side-pegged lap-jointed collars and crossed apices. This barn is a remarkable survival, demonstrating the original longhouse plan and later modifications.