Barn approximately 45 metres east of Great Lodge (EHER 29352)

Early 16th century red brick barn of a construction unique in Essex and possibly England, known as Anne of Cleves barn.

2003. Building survey. Large brick-built barn of early 17th or late 16th century. It has a king post roof with butt side purlins but no ridge pole. Morant says that the manor of Bardfield was granted to Anne of Cleeves in 1539 and by 1550 granted to Sir William Wrothe, who passed it to his son Sir Robert in 1573 and his son also Sir Robert in 1605. He died in 1614, the manor passing to Roberts brother John Wrothe. He sold it to Sir Martin Lumley (Sheriff of London) in 1614. The manor passed down the Lumley family until 1723, when part of the estate including Bardfield lodge and a few manors was sold to Edward Stephenson. In 1760 Morant writes that the 'Great Lodge was entirely pulled down and the stables converted into a farmhouse, and the enclosing land disparked. The Lumley estate was then purchased by Guys Hospital. The barn lies to the east of the farmhouse which is the converted stable block of the Great Lodge. The barn is built in English bond and is of seven bays, the larger central bay divided by an A-frame truss. The collars of the northern and southern frames face into the central bay. Unusually the king posts either side of the central bay fork at their bases, while the tiebeams are scarfed together using a 14th century style joint (splayed and tabled scarf joint with under squinted abutments and a centre wedge). However this is turned through 90 degrees and splayed through the face and not the side, the latter the norm. <1> See also: <2> <3>