18th century barn, The Rose Barn, Great Lodge Farm (EHER 46871)

The farmyard comprises seven buildings arranged in two parallel east-west ranges, surveyed in a historic building report in 2009. The farm building described here, the Rose Barn is the earliest building in this report, built sometime between 1755 and 1814.

2009. Building survey. The farmyard comprises seven buildings arranged in two parallel east-west ranges, surveyed in a historic building report in 2009. The farm building described here, the Rose Barn is clearly the earliest in design, fabric and execution and is adjoined to the implement shed. The Rose Barn appears to have been built as a stable from the first and this would account for the narrow cross-passage, the wattle and daub insulated walls and the presence of a lath and rendered ceiling. There was originally a door in the centre, in the south-east corner and also in the north-east corner where the mortice for the lintel shows its presence. The Rose Barn has a peg-tiled mansard hipped roof and weather-boarded timber framed construction. It is orientated E-W along its ridge and is 14.9m (49ft) long by 5.5m (18ft) wide internally. The Rose Barn in plan is of five unequal bays, the first three bays have similar trusses while the easternmost was divided off by a stud wall set into a horizontal tie-beam. This created a narrow corridor that passed across the barn and allowed entrance into the body of the barn through a doorway in the stud wall to the southern side. Each wall panel is made of narrow, pit sawn timber with two diagonal primary braces from the principal posts down to the centre. There is a panel of wattle and daub remaining near the centre of the wall and also behind the boarding. It is evident that the whole of the barn was insulated with wattle and daub panels which were then whitewashed before the boarding was applied. The northern elevation is interrupted by the removal of the central wall panel to insert a pair of 20th century sliding doors. This has weakened the structure causing the wall to bow out the movement being arrested by the tie beams which are straining against their brackets. The southern elevation has a doorway at each end and a central window opening. The roof is a full mansard construction. There are no real fixtures left inside the barn. The divisions for the horse standings have all been removed. <1>