19th and 20th century barns at Maynard’s (EHER 49528)

19th to 20th century barns that are additions to the listed 17th century barn.

2019. Building survey. Barns 2 and 4 would appear to be 19th century additions to Barn 1 (see EHER 36233), and Barn 3 is clearly 20th century in date. The history of Barn 6, however, is more difficult to pin down as it exhibits several phases of alteration since the early 19th century, which would explain why the eastern and western interior elevations are clearly of different origins. Barn 2 is a two-bay cart lodge, open on the eastern side, abutting the south gable of Barn 1. It is timber-framed with a pitched red pantile roof aligned north-south, and is of possible early 19th century date. The roof structure is formed of rafter pairs meeting at a ridge plate with a single clasped purlin in each slope. The roof structure and southern gable end above the tie beam are modern. The floor is of beaten earth. Barn 3 is a modern outshut to Barn 1, infilling the northern side of the midstrey and extending north beyond the limit of Barn 1 (see Figure 8, see Plate 3). The weatherboarding on the northern and eastern exterior elevations is formed of modern softwood, and the pent roof is covered in corrugated iron sheets. The roof rests on a modern timber frame and the floor is of modern concrete. Barn 4 is a continuation of Barn 3, and forms an open pen, with modern iron railings on the eastern elevation creating a kennel run. The northern and southern interior elevations are of modern timber, as is the roof. In the western elevation, modern double doors give access to Barn 5. The floor is of concrete.. Barn 5, which links Barns 1 and 6, is a two-bay structure of similar construction to Barn 2 and would appear to be contemporary. The south and north elevations form part of Barns 1 and 6, respectively, the east and west elevations and the roof being specific to Barn 5. Barn 6 is a north-south aligned timber-framed structure to the north of Barn 5, with a pent corrugated iron roof sloping down east to west. It is faced with largely modern weatherboarding and has boarded, ledged and braced double doors, over a removeable chaff board, in the middle of the eastern elevation. A personnel door is located opposite the double doors in the western elevation. The barn has most recently been used as a chicken/poultry coop. 2019. Watching brief. The watching brief recorded no archaeological finds or features. <1>