Grafton Tithe Barn

 Grade II Listed (UK), barn conversion, tithe barn

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Barn, now house, and adjoining garden walls. Mid-C16 or earlier with mid-C19 alterations; restored and converted late C20. Part timber-framed with brick refacing and replacement walling, part sandstone rubble and brick; plain tiled roof with gable-end parapets, north parapet is crow-stepped, south parapet has stone coping and cross finial. 5½ bays aligned north/south. Two levels. East elevation: ground floor has two cross-casements and a 2-light window; upper level has three 2-light casements and a single-light casement; entrance in second bay from south end. South gable end rebuilt mid-C19 and has a large pointed chamfered stone archway with double doors and a loophole in the gable apex. A C16 stone-mullioned window and a rectangular light survive in the west elevation. Interior: roof has intermediate arch-braced collar and tie-beam trusses with struts and paired swept wind-braces. Two south bays have stop-chamfered main ceiling beams and joists (now C20 replacements); cross- frames survive; C20 additions to north-west end. Garden walls adjoin south end; coursed dressed sandstone rubble with moulded coping; south-east wall runs east for one yard, returns south for about 10 yards and then returns west for about 3 yards; it varies between five and six feet high and has a square pier with pyramidal capping at each corner and at its west end. The south-west wall is of similar height, runs south for about 10 yards and has an east return of about one yard long terminating in a square pier. The walls enclose a small garden at the south end of the barn.