Mid 18th to early 19th century barn and stable at Ware Farm (EHER 48947)

Barn and stable block of mid 18th to early 19th century. The buildings were recorded in 2016.

2016. Building survey. The site comprises a barn and stable, which together with the farmhouse and other auxiliary buildings form a complex of buildings arranged around a yard adjacent to The Street, the main road in High Roding. The barn and stable are now used primarily for storage. The framing of the barn is characteristic of late 18th or early 19th century construction techniques. The barn was constructed as a traditional six-bay threshing barn and was converted in the mid-19th century to use as a granary and cow house. Elements of the stable appear to date to the mid to late 18th century, although it has witnessed at least one, or possibly two substantial phases of alteration/repair. The original function of the early building is unknown but its western bay was probably an open shelter for cattle. <1>