Barn Adjoining South East Corner Of Notley Abbey House

The building is a barn located at the southeast corner of Notley Abbey House, originally part of a 13th-century frater of the abbey that formed the south side of the cloister. It was rebuilt as a barn in the 17th or 18th century. The structure is made of rubble stone with a tiled roof.

The north elevation, which originally faced the cloister, features a moulded string course that connects the hoods of a blocked doorway near the west end and an arch beyond the east gable. Both have moulded pointed arches with remains of shafting and carved capitals. The east gable wall shows remnants of the vault from the adjoining warming house and a low pointed arch that was once an entry to the undercroft. The south wall is plain but includes a full-height projecting gabled cart entry from the 18th century and a brick lean-to on the east side. The west gable has a door and three windows, all with oak lintels.

Inside, the barn is arranged into six bays, with a partition and floors in the west bay. It features a double purlin roof with curved struts from the tiebeams that support the lower purlin, which in turn carries the upper purlins. At the upper level of the east wall, there is a range of eight small trefoil arches on cables, adorned with stiftleaf capitals, carved spandrels, and a cornice.