Barn approximately 35 metres south-west of Rayne Hall (EHER 27657)

16th century timber-framed barn of five bays.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: In July 1998, RCHME carried out a Level 1 survey of the environs of Rayne Hall. A barn of earlier 16th century date, Listed Grade II, formerly part of the agricultural complex associated with the manor house, was inspected. The building is timber framed and weatherboarded. The roof is corrugated asbestos clad. Double vertically boarded doors. Five bays. Arched braces to tie beams. Side purlin roof with arched wind braces with support queen struts. Halved arch bracing to walls <1>. At the north-west end of the barn, a building of similar proportions extended almost as far again as the extant structure, as depicted on the tithe map of 1838; this had been narrowed by the time of the OS First Edition in 1875, or demolished and replaced with a smaller structure <2> <3>. The braces on the north-east side of the barn are much less substantial, and of less high quality, having been replaced. The barn is in poor condition (since the hurricane in 1987) and lacks much of the weatherboarding. For further details, see RCHME Level 1 report. <4> In early January 1999, RCHME carried out more detailed analysis of the barn as part of a Level 3 survey of the complex. The north-west end of the barn has a half bay, which may be because it was built to abut an earlier building, perhaps the demolished structure mentioned above. This putative extension might be contemporary with the extension of the other barn, and was perhaps intended to enclose the farmyard more completely. For further details, see RCHME Level 3 report and plan at 1:1000 scale. <5> 2003. Building survey. A five bay barn truncated at south-east end. At the north-east end final bay is about half the length of the other bays, is size possible the result of a pre-existing building/s. The framing is similar to the larger adjacent barn. The roof comprising two sets of purlins with heavy raking struts to lower purlin with curved wind bracing and high collar to upper purlin. <6> See also: <7> <8>