Mid 19th century farm buildings at Great Lodge Farm (EHER 80287)

The farmyard comprises seven buildings arranged in two parallel east-west ranges, surveyed in a historic building report in 2009. The Cart Lodge, Open Shelter and Cattle Shed were built between 1838 and 1876 as adjoining buildings, with the Open Shelter separated by the Apple Barn. A building was constructed in the Apple Barn's space at this time, but the current structure is 20th century and has therefore been described separately.

2009. Building survey. The Cart Lodge measures 14.3m long by 5.8m wide internally and is a five bayed, brick and timber building with a pan-tiled roof which has been recently repaired. The walls are in red brick and are of a rubble bond common in the 19th century when all sorts of bricks have been jumbled together to form a rustic pattern. The roof has three simple trusses with an elm tie-beam supporting machined timber principal rafters which show the clear marks of a circular saw. The Cattle Shed is a low eaved animal shelter with a weather boarded front that has been partly engulfed by the Apple Barn. It has been sub-divided inside with two, thick, brick and flint rubble walls to create a bullock shed to the north, a central byre now used as the wood store and an open room used as a workshop containing a large carpenter’s bench. The Open Shelter is a five bay animal shelter with brick walls and a timber-framed, pantiled roof. The building is 4m wide by 14.9m long internally with nine inch brick walls composed of red bricks, some of which are overfired to purples. The bricks are laid in a random bond with a soft white mortar and exhibit diagonal pressure lines. There are four openings for 20th century shutters where the surrounds are finished in grey cement. These are probably to stop high winds from blowing the roof off but could also admit light into the stalls. There are a large number of holes in the interior of the southern wall for fitting stalls for horse standings and part of one of them remains in-situ. <1>