Parkpale Farm Barn

This is a vernacular three-bay barn dating to 1733. It is located on Long Crendon Road, near Brill.

The barn is constructed of timber framing and brick walls, with a red tile roof. The walls are primarily of handmade, 2½ inch red brick, except for the front elevation where the upper two-thirds are timber-framed and weatherboarded. Small ventilation slits are present in the gable walls, and a former rear door opening is blocked. Sections of the right and left gables were rebuilt in brick around 1800. A ground-floor door was later opened and blocked in the left gable. Full-height double doors are located in the central bay to the front, and a corresponding opening was originally in the rear wall. The rear of the barn has been widened by half a bay in several phases during the 18th and 19th centuries, with the roof sloping continuously from the gable. A low double door and a single window are present on the rear wall.

The interior reveals an exposed timber frame, seemingly dating to the early 18th century. The central bay features tiebeams with run-out stops to the rear, set on jowelled posts with straight braces to the front and directly on the wall plate to the rear without bracing. The roof structure includes queen post variant trusses, twin purlins, straight windbraces, and common rafters. Studs and diagonal straight braces are visible on the walls within each bay. The original rear brick wall remains exposed within the later outshut infill, which flanks the threshing porch.

The farm's origins are unknown, but the barn is the oldest structure on the site. The carved inscription "1733" and the initials "I (or J) W" on a main post provide stylistic confirmation of the barn’s construction date. Parkpale farmhouse and the later steel and concrete farm buildings are of 19th and 20th century origin. A field boundary, likely related to the medieval park pale referenced in the farm's name, runs close to the property.

The barn is a notable example of an agricultural building bearing such a clear date. It possesses strong vernacular character, combining an intact early 18th century timber frame with brick walls and a red tile roof, all constructed from locally sourced materials.