NHER 51882 (Building record) - The Barn, Homestead Farm, Low Common Road

November 2008. Building Survey.
Level 2 survey of a redundant barn and yard complex prior to proposed conversion.
The farm is absent from the 1841 tithe map but appears on the 1st edition Ordnance survey map of 1883, suggesting a construction date of 1850s-1860s. The buildings are unusually small, with the barn measuring 8.5m in length and rising to 3m at the eaves. The barn walls are of unfired clay blocks on a red brick plinth. The exterior is tarred, although there is evidence that the building was originally whitewashed. A two-storey clay-lump building adjoins the east gable of the barn. The interior lacks any fittings, and was presumably used as a granary or store. It is probably contemporary with the barn. A lean-to adjoins the northern elevation of the barn and lies beneath the same roof. The complex of buildings is significant given its diminutive size, and illustrates the nature of buildings on Norfolk's smaller 19th-century farms.
See report (S1) for further details.
H. White (NLA), 15 September 2009.