Discover more about Weald farm buildings and how they were used. Click any of the buildings in the illustration below to find out more.

Housing In almost all cases the farmhouse is detached from the main group and faces into its own garden. Separate cottages for farm workers, and single-storey huts for seasonal workers in the hop industry, si... Read more	Barns in the High Weald Barns are the dominant building of Wealden farmsteads. A barn for storing and processing the harvested corn crop over the winter months was the basic requirement of Weald farms, and corn could also be... Read more
Oasthouses in the Weald Building in which hops are dried and stored, usually 19th century in date and detached from the main group in order to minimise the fire risk. Read more	Yards and related buildings Other yards - especially those with more direct access to routes and tracks - were also used to store hop poles and often farm vehicles and implements. These areas are typified by open-fronted cartshe... Read more
Cattle sheds and yards Straw was taken from the barn to cattle yards and stables to be used as bedding for livestock. The resulting manure was then forked into carts and returned to fertilise the surrounding farmland. Ancil... Read more