Barn And Cart Shed (Patching Estate)

This is an 18th-century barn with a 19th-century cattle shed attached, located on the Patching Estate in Sussex. The barn is timber-framed and has weatherboard cladding set on a flint plinth. The roof is gabled and made of corrugated asbestos, replacing a former tile roof that was hipped. The barn has a single aisle and five bays, with central wagon entries facing each other. There are vertical boarded double doors at the entries, and a smaller boarded door to the right of the entry on the east side. The barn features jowelled bay and aisle posts with horizontal cross ties at the base and at the level of the aisle wall plate. There are intermediate posts in each end wall, and a single intermediate rail in each wall panel between posts. Angle braces connect the wall and aisle plates to the principal beams. The upper and lower wall panels have close studs, and “queen struts” support the purlins, with jack rafters for the former hipped ends. The cattle shed is attached to the north end of the east side, with four bays open to the south, supported by timber posts. The rear wall of the cattle shed is constructed of flint with brick bands arranged in horizontal courses, with canted stretches between them. The shed contains 20th-century trusses. The cattle shed is included in the listing primarily for its contribution to the wider group value of the estate.