Barn at Bushett Farm (EHER 29337)

A Level 3 building survey was conducted on the main barn at Bushett Farm: a large 18th century threshing barn built in eight bays. The survey found that it was built in a single phase of construction, and is still in use today as an agricultural building, with three ranges of outbuildings attached, forming an E-shaped plan, to the south-west of the former farmhouse.

March 2016. Building survey. The grade II listed building is a large, a large 18th century threshing barn built in eight bays, as a single phase of construction, and is still in use today as an agricultural building, with three ranges of outbuildings attached, forming an E-shaped plan, to the southwest of the former farmhouse. Internally much of the fabric in the main barn remains unaltered and is of significant local importance. The roof is made of corrugated iron, which replaced a thatched roof as late as the 1940s and has had several skylights inserted. The southwest elevation has two midstreys projecting from Bays 3 and 6, both with gabled roofs, a mono-pitched lean-to occupies the space between the two midstreys and tow modern large grain silos occupy the space to the south of the southern midstrey. Internally the building is an open barn of pegged box-frame construction, the external weatherboarding can be seen across most of the interior. Eight Bays make up the building, with two midstreys on the southwest elevation that appear to be contemporary to the main barn. The trusses are pegged with clear construction marks and there is significant evidence of mortice jointing throughout the building, suggesting an early 18th century date. Doors have been inserted into the Northeast and Southeast elevations for access to the outbuildings and midstreys. A brick structure has been built into the southern midstrey, in 2011 this structure supported machinery. Outbuilding 1 is open-fronted to the southeast and has been used as a cart shed, it abuts, but is not tied into, the main barn and there is no access between the two. Outbuilding 2 is a modern structure built on the site of an earlier building of similar use, form and dimensions. The building is filled with wooden feeding troughs which face outwards to either side, allowing animals to feed from the exterior. Outbuilding 3 is itself made up of a barn attached to the main building, and a series of extension; which form a number of individual stables. <1>