Home Farm Barn, Hemsby, Norfolk

The owner of the great barn at Hall farm in Hemsby also took me into the smaller, later barn at Home Farm. This is another brick, timber-framed, aisled barn with a thatched roof. It was built in the seventeenth century. It is in excellent condition having been continuously maintained and repaired by three generations of farmers.

Unlike the great barn at Hall Farm, this is built entirely from softwood, possible Baltic Pine which started to be imported in large quantities at the time of its construction. Note the straighter, longer timbers which are sawn rather than hewn.