NHER 41390 (Building record) - Barn in Peggs Yard

Barn in Peggs Yard.
Tall gabled building aligned north south. The walls are of English bond brick except the north gable wall which is of Flemish bond in its upper section. The bricks have diagonal skintlings. Flint rubble foundations are visible. The side walls have triple stepped cornices. The west wall has two first floor windows interrupting the cornice; they have vertical glazing bars and have recent cement pointing around them; the pier of walling between them looks like a late replacement and has a timber lintel above, below the cornice. At ground level are three rounded openings; the central one is a blocked doorway, covered by panelling on the interior in tongued and grooved boards. The other openings are covered by iron sheets and seem to have reached down to floor level; they have internal wooden lintels. The north and east walls are blank; the south gable wall collapsed around 1970 and has been replaced by boards; the roof is also recent. Upper floor supported on two bridging beams with tongue stops and drop mortices but the joists have been replaced. No other internal features. There is a local story that this was a chapel, but no visible evidence to support this. Map evidence shows no change since 1835 when it stood in the yard of a public house. It would seem to date from around 1700 and may have had an industrial origin - was the first floor window arrangement to west originally one large window, indicating weaving or basket making?
E. Rose (NLA), 7 May 2005.