Barn approximately 60 metres south west of Lower Farmhouse (EHER 34613)

An eighteenth century timber framed barn with central midstrey and full-height porch. It has a half-hipped timber framed roof clad in concrete tiles. Though thought to originate in the 16th century, the timber construction techniques are more likely to date its origin to the 18th century, and the building probably reuses timbers from an older medieval structure.

November 1987. Grade II listed. A 16th century barn with 18th century hanging knees and roof. It is timber framed and weatherboarded, with a brick plinth, and half hipped red plain tiled roof. There are five bays and a two-bay midstrey. <1> April 2010. Heritage assessment. The barn forms the Southern boundary of the farmyard and is oriented NE-SW along its ridgeline. It has a very large full height midstrey porch to the NW and a corresponding set of doors in the SE elevation. It is of timber framed construction, supported on a brick plinth, and clad in weatherboarding. It has a half-hipped timber framed roof clad in concrete tiles. Internally, the timber framed structure shows evidence of reuse and little evidence of later alteration. The floor was originally an asphalt dressing floor throughout but it was subsequently washed over with cement. In the Southern end of the barn the floor was dug out to implement a late 20th century grain silo and a small brick-built chamber built to one side provides a space to empty the silo from. Set up in the porch was a large grain crushing machine supplied by Colchester Tractors and bought from Cariers of East Street, Braintree who went out of business in the 1980s. Also in the porch was a pressurised water tank. The listing description mentions that the barn is of ‘C16 origin’ and this description has been carried through subsequent accounts. However, there is nothing in the carpentry of the barn to suggest it is any earlier than the 18th century. Most of the timbers are reused from earlier buildings as was the custom at the time. Structures not listed. A series of 20th century structures, mostly lean-tos, were also present against the West elevations of both the barn and cart lodge. Those abutting the cart lodge, two late 20th century mono-pitched lean-tos with concrete shuttered walls and concrete floors used as pig sties, had been dismantled prior to survey. Still extant, were a Northern outshot built of brick, timber framing and medium density blockwork, used as a three-stall stable; and two Southern outshots. The Southernmost part was a 20th century structure made of skew-nailed machine sawn timbers and clad with modern weatherboards. It was used as a pig pen. The Northernmost part was a timber framed structure in itself and was last used as a store. It was constructed sometime during the 18th or 19th centuries using similar techniques as the barn. <2>