Granary at Wilton Farm

The granary at Wilton Farm dates from around the mid-18th century. It is a timber-framed structure with brick infill, resting on limestone staddle stones and topped with a clay tile roof.

The building is located to the south-west of Wilton barn and faces east. It has a rectangular plan and consists of a single room that is subdivided by low-level partitions. The granary is a detached, single-storey building with a hipped roof featuring a short ridgeline. The exterior showcases exposed timber-framing with vertical studs and straight diagonal bracing, with brick infill. Much of the brick nogging has been lost on the north and west elevations, exposing the vertical close boarding inside. The granary is supported by nine mushroom-shaped staddle stones, each up to 50 cm in height, with 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 on the east elevation, but there is no step access. It features a plank door with a small opening for farm cats, which is now blocked. A substantial floor beam running east to west is visible beneath the door, and there appears to be a small window opening on the south elevation, which is also blocked by internal boarding.

Inside, the granary contains four grain bins, two on each side of the central walkway, separated by two low-level sloping partitions. The doors to the bins are missing, but the grooved channels remain. The partitioning mainly consists of beaded horizontal match boarding. The walls and floor are lined with close-fitting timber boards. The roof structure features a substantial tie beam with rafters that converge at a thin ridge piece. The soffit of the tie beam has mortises that may suggest there was an earlier partition dividing the interior.