Barn at Well Farm

This is an 18th-century barn located at Well Farm. The structure is timber-frame construction, supported by a brick plinth and clad in weatherboarding. The roof is now covered with corrugated metal sheeting. The barn has a four-bay plan, numbered one (the south end) to four (the north end), with three principal trusses also numbered one to three. A projecting porch is situated on the east side.

The barn’s exterior walls are weatherboarded and topped by a pitched roof. The brick plinth on the east side is taller than the other elevations, adapting to the slope of the yard. A full-height porch is located within bay two on the east elevation, with raised doors accessed by brick steps. Further doors have been inserted into the east and west elevations, including a double-leaf door in the west elevation of bay three.

The interior wall frames feature close studs, cill beams, mid-rails, wall plates, and diagonal braces. Three principal trusses incorporate jowled posts and straight braces, supporting tie beams with raked queen posts. The roof construction includes pairs of rafters meeting a clasped ridge beam, complemented by clasped purlins. The braces to truss three have been replaced. The projecting porch in bay two has a raked queen post truss, with one post missing and replaced rafters. A variation in timber framing is visible in bay two, opposite the porch, showing a staggered alignment of mid-rails, a reused post, and a small door, possibly indicating a former opening aligning with the porch doors. The studs in the north and south gable ends are thinner and appear to be later additions. Reused timbers are evident throughout the barn, and some common rafters, studs, sections of clasped purlins, and other timber elements have been replaced. Later doors have also been inserted, and some framing modifications have occurred.