Building record 0787500000 - Barn at School End Farm

The 1842 tithe Map does not show the barn, but does show the farm house and other small outbildings, indicating that the barn was not constructed before 1842. The 1st to 3rd editions of the OS maps show the same footprint of the barn; although different arangements of internal structures and the northern being shown as open fronted. The brick lean-to is visible on all editions.
The barn is ina dilapidated state and beyond economic repair. The barn is trapezoidal in plan, single storey, timber-clad, timber framed building with slate covered roof. It is extended either end by a brick-built lean-to. With slate roof to the west end. The wooden window frames are later 20th century replacements. The main entrance door at the east end of the south elevation is a 19th century ledge and plank door constructed of waney-edged timber. The north, south, and west elevations of the main boday are clad horizontally with faiolry modern softwood boards. The roof structure consists of machine-sawn softwood common rafters nailed to a ridge board. The original frame is sawn and possibly hewn elm. Much of the wall frame is waney in places, the tie beams are waney and very irregular, simply trunks and branches squared off. Pegged mortice and tennon joints are used in the original frame, although where they are repaired or reused, they are nailed. Only one carpenters mark was observed, but did not correspond to the adjoining timbers nor was it in sequence, suggesting reuse of the timbers (B1).
POTENTIAL WW2 STRUCTURE: Previouse planning applications and correspondence discuss the eistence of buildings associated with the Second World War c15m north-west of the barn. The remains of the structure referrd to was four course high, half-bricj-thick base wallof a greenhouse upon a shallow concrete foundation. No mortar had been laid on the upper surface of the brickwork. Humic soil and shards of glass panes were located within the brick walls. The bricks and cement mortar are consistent with the Second World War period, but association with the RAF base to the south is not readily evident from the remains of the structure (B1).