16th century timber-framed barn at Sellands Farm (EHER 48245)

A 2010 building record of a probable five bay 16th century barn with alterations in the 17th to 19th centuries.

2010. Building survey. Technical analysis of the barn revealed three main structural phases, together with periods of modification and repair. Two bays of a probable five-bay, 16th century barn survive in good condition with much original timber. The western bays and original porch were demolished and then rebuilt and extended with a more narrow structure in the later 17th or early 18th century, at which time the surviving remains of the ancient core were also modified with a primary-bracing system and new weather-boarding and render were applied to the exterior. In the mid to later 18th century, two further bays were added to the eastern end, but these were structurally separate until the 20th century. The dwarf wall was probably replaced at broadly contemporary date. A pair of outshuts was constructed to the north in the later 19th century, thereby preserving some original external fabric. Modern intervention has been particularly harsh, but may have addressed structural problems. The roof of the western range is completely lost, while much of the remaining high-level fabric is fragmentary. <1>