Granary at Wilton Farm

Granary, dating from around the mid-C18.

MATERIALS: the granary is a timber-framed structure with brick infill, mounted on limestone staddle stones beneath a clay tile roof.

PLAN: the building stands to the south-west of Wilton barn and faces east. It is rectangular in plan and consists of a single room subdivided by low-level partitions.

EXTERIOR: a detached, single-storey building topped by a hipped roof with a short ridgeline. The structure has exposed timber-framing with vertical studs and straight diagonal bracing, infilled with brick. Most of the brick nogging has been lost on the north and west elevations, revealing the vertical close boarding inside. The granary stands on a complete set of nine mushroom-shaped staddle stones, a maximum of 50cm in height. The staddles have smooth, finely tooled stems and evenly shaped caps. Only the caps are visible on the north and west elevations due to the raised ground level. The elevated entrance is located on the east elevation; no step access survives. There is a plank door with a small opening for the farm cats (now blocked). A substantial floor beam running east to west is visible beneath the door. There appears to be a small window opening on the south elevation, now blocked by the internal boarding.

INTERIOR: the granary contains four grain bins: two each side of the central walkway, subdivided by two low-level sloping partitions. The doors to the bins are missing but the grooved channels remain. The partitioning is mainly composed of beaded horizontal match boarding. Close-fitting timber boards line the wall and the floor. The roof structure consists of a substantial tie beam with rafters above, converging at a thin ridge piece. The soffit of the tie beam has mortises which may indicate there was an earlier partition subdividing the interior.