CHIDDINGSTONE Barn at Hill Hoath Farm TQ 44 SE 53/2000 II GV Threshing barn. Dated 1712 on vertical strut on wallplate, but reusing earlier timber from late medieval structure. Timberframed, clad with weatherboarding, some original oak, on brick plinth with half-hipped slate roof with weathervane. Right hand side has modern lean-to with breeze blocks, not of special interest. Right hand side covered with modern asbestos sheeting. Central midstreys. 5 bays. Angled queen strut roof with collars in centre of bays, with no ridge piece and continuous side purlins. Wall frame with diagonal braces. Gunstock jowled posts. Bay 4/5 was originally floored over. Left hand side has later floor and inserted brick piers. Carpenters' marks. The post between bays 1 and 2 has a hewn bracket with barge uprising brace to the under side of the tiebeam which formerly carried a crown post. Some rafters are barked. Listing NGR: TQ4970645348