Post-medieval barn and stable at Flemings Farm (EHER 48521)

A 2014 building record documented the 16th to 17th century timber-framed barn, and its later mid 19th century stable addition.

March 2014. Building survey. The barn stands on the north side of the former farmyard, parallel to and opposite the house. It was originally of only three bays, with a large rear gabled midstrey projecting from the centre bay. The timber is reasonably substantial, including at least one jowled post and a heavy arch brace, typical of the 16th or 17th centuries. The barn is not especially high to the eaves, so there is no half-height midrail: the studs rise directly from groundsill to wallplate. Most of the present wall-bracing is of an 18th or 19th century style. The stable range is mostly made of the local orangey-red bricks, set in lime mortar in Flemish bond. The front of the north end, however, has been replaced or infilled with Flettons, although the gable end still has the original bricks, and Flettons have been used elsewhere as replacements or infill. The roof is clad in double-curved pantiles. Although there is a similar building on this footprint shown on the Tithe Map in 1836, it is a slightly different shape, and the present range is more likely to have been rebuilt in the mid 19th century. <1>