Storage Barn, Home Farm, Uppark

The Storage Barn at Home Farm, Uppark, is a timber-framed and masonry structure dating from the late 18th century, with alterations made to the rear in the 19th century.

The barn features flint and stone walls with brick dressings, built around a timber frame. It has a large open space on the south side and an aisle at the rear, which includes a heated room in the north-east corner.

The building is aligned east-west and is single storey under a tall, half-hipped roof. The west and south walls are made of flint with brown and grey brick dressings, while the east wall is primarily constructed of coursed stone blocks. The south wall has two door openings, and the bricks forming the south-east quoin appear rounded. The stonework of the east wall is topped by a cornice of three brick courses. There is a high-set opening on the north side with a planked door and an infilled, segmentally-headed door opening towards the centre. The north wall, which has been inserted and was previously open-sided, is made of brown brick laid in English garden wall bond. It features a 15-pane window on the left side and two door openings with planked doors. The west wall is constructed of coursed, knapped flint.

Inside, the main space has a dirt floor and a three-bay timber frame supported on concrete and brick pads, with a brick plinth running east to west on the north side. Each post and truss frame has jowelled main posts supporting a tie beam, which, along with the mid rail and wall plate, is supported by straight braces. Above the tie beams, diagonal struts rise to the principal rafters, which are joined by a collar. Hip and common rafters are supported by staggered purlins and meet at a ridge board. Some later timbers have been added for stability, and within the rear aisle, some rafters are sawn cut. The frame on the north side is partially clad with rough-cut boards, and at the east end, there is a small room featuring a brick hearth with a timber cupboard beside it and the remains of a wattle and daub ceiling.