Summary.
A programme of historic building recording was carried out by Colchester
Archaeological Trust on a barn and attached store on land at Glebe House, Rectory
Road, Stisted, Essex.
This report details the recording of a barn and attached store, which, when first
constructed, would have been associated with the parish rectory. A handful of features
present in the timber-framed building, such as the lap-dovetail joints on the collars,
diagonal through-bracing, Baltic timber marks and English bond brickwork, indicate a
construction date of mid to late 17th century.
The barn has a relatively small footprint,
only two bays wide, as well as a single-width doorway on one elevation, suggesting it
was used for crop storage rather than crop processing. The adjacent store was
probably a small animal shed or tool store.