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A four-bay brick
wainhouse with stout posts that have long jowls with a granary
on the first floor. The granary was used for storing grain
after it had been threshed on the threshing floor of a barn.
(There are two barns at Turnastone Court, a timber
framed one and a stone-built
one.) The wooden curb, approximately 0.20m high, seats
the edge of the floor where it meets the walls. The floor
was divided into 5 bays, 3 to the south and 2 to the north
of the central passage. Divisions between the bins are of
(2 high) plank partitions slotted into grooves, formed by
battens and fixed to posts approx 0.50m high. The bins are
unusual in having low (1m high is more usual) partitions and
being open at the front. Every bin has a door/ventilation
window.
A wide space has been has been left near the entrance , possibly
for turning grain to avoid overheating, and for weighing and
bagging. There is a loading door facing north onto the yard
with harness and saddlery pegs fixed nearby to the wall plate. |
