Farm Building Range at Waen Farm

The farm building range at Waen Farm is a composite structure made of rubble stone and topped with a slate roof. It includes a barn on the right (downhill) end, a cowhouse in the middle, and a stable with a granary on the left (uphill) end. The barn features a narrow doorway with a segmental brick head. To the right of this doorway is a ventilation slit beneath the eaves, along with another slit that has been blocked. The stable doors for the cowhouse and stable are of irregular sizes and heights. The doorway on the right has an overlight, while to its left is a four-pane window with brick jambs, a sill, and an iron lintel. The doorway to the left has a long timber lintel that also extends over a window opening on its left side, with stone voussoirs visible above. There is a small square opening under the eaves that is partly infilled with stone. The west gable end features an external stone staircase enclosed by a stone wall, leading to a planked door with a segmental brick head. There is also a blockwork extension at the rear of the range. The east gable apex has a vent, and there is a later adjoining range that is stepped down and has undergone alterations.

Inside, there are two pairs of cruck blades, which were originally full crucks but have been sawn off at the base, possibly reused from an earlier building. The structure also contains substantial Queen-post trusses. The barn is three bays wide and has a central cart passage with a rear door. To the right of the passage is a low wall made of early hand-made brick, topped with a deeply chamfered upturned beam, likely reused, that would have supported a platform. There are two tiers of blocked ventilation slits in this bay and a square opening in the east gable. The west bay shows no remains of a loft, but there are parts of shafting for 19th-century threshing machinery and a straight timber staircase leading to the loft. A stone partition wall separates the cowhouse, which has a brick-lined doorway at loft level, and one of the pairs of crucks is located in this area. The cowhouse consists of one full bay flanked by two half bays.