The granary is situated on the property of a Grade II listed farm house dating from the 18th century, it is a two bay oak frame building with double sole plates seated on staddle stones. The configuration of the oak frame is typical to its era, with standard English post and beam construction and mortise and tenon joints throughout. The trusses are close studded with clasped purlins and collars.
The frame was largely untouched upon our arrival apart from the rafters above purlin level. At a point (thought to be in the last century) the roof had been stripped, most likely due to water ingress and fears that the rafters may not be sufficiently supporting the tiles. The original common rafters were mostly all missing their top half and softwood upper sections had been crudely put in place of these breaking their continuous run. Evidently by photo 1 this was determent to the roof and solely responsible for its structural failure.
