Post-medieval barn at Slough Farm, Sunnyfields Road, High Garret, Braintree (EHER 80289)

The barn is a late 18th to early 19th century threshing barn comprised of four uneven bays.

August 2015. Building survey. The barn is a late 18th to early 19th century threshing barn comprised of four uneven bays. It is constructed from oak timber-framing in primary brace style and sits on a brick plinth. The frame is now clad in softwood weather boarding. The bricks are consistent with the date of the structure. Framing of the roof is a simplified side purling with straight run collars. The floor has been concreted over and the large porch doors removed, and the area boarded over. The barn has been changed a lot, and like was change around eighty years after its original construction when the original site was changed. This involved raising the porch to allow in higher loaded wagon and increase the width to the rear doors to the let the wagons out. The sheet lining of the barn was possibly changed to store threshed corn. The barn is an isolated structure as the nearby farm buildings have all been demolished. <1>