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The
Original Buildings
The Threshing
barn is surrounded by a group of buildings, which together
tell the history of the original farm.
What is now
our garage (with hidden doors to help avoid the suburban
look!) was a five bay cartshed, once used to store farm
machinery. No longer in use as an agricultural building
we sought planning permission to remove two of the bays
to open up the site which also enabled us to look out across
the fields. We changed the 45% roof line ends into more
typical half hips with bonnet tiles in-keeping with the
other buildings.
The Granary
on it’s wonderful mushroom like staddle stones had
already been restored employing traditional methods by
craftsmen from The Weald and Down Museum in Sussex some
years earlier after significant damage in the late 80’s
storms. It once held the grain safe from the farms resident
rodents. One of the most pleasant surprises was that the
removal of part of the cartshed made the granary easier
to see and appreciate. Helped at night of course by Philips
brilliant lighting (subtle I add!)
What is now
our kitchen and linked by glass to the main threshing barn
was in fact the bull pen in the 50’s and later a
couple of stables.
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