Barn at Lower Hengoed

The barn at Lower Hengoed is a 17th-century cruck barn that has been re-walled and extended with a byre in the 18th century. It features four bays, including a threshing bay with doors at eaves height. The structure has a low rubble plinth, is weatherboarded above, has rubble stone gable end walls, and an iron roof with boarded byre doors.

Inside, there are three full cruck trusses that are butt jointed at the apex. One truss has a notched, lap-jointed collar, while all have wall posts pegged to the back of the blades and mortices for short notch lap-jointed wall ties. The original wall framing has been replaced with stud walls that include intersecting braces. The original extent of the barn may have formed the end wall of a three-day barn. At the lower end, there is a two-bay byre featuring low stone mangers, a feeding passage with boarded sides, chamfered tie posts, and a rough pole loft floor.