Barn, Gin-Gang And Outbuildings Circa 100 Metres North East Of Low Shipley Farmhouse

SOUTH BEDBURN HOWLEA LANE NZ 13 SW (East side, off)

11/163 Barn, gin-gang and outbuildings circa 100 metres north- east of Low Shipley Farmhouse GV II Barn, gin-gang and outbuildings. Probably mid C18 and C19. Sandstone rubble with quoins and ashlar dressings. Pantiled roof except for corrugated iron on gin-gang. 2-storey, 2-bay barn, with one-storey, 3-bay outbuilding attached at right and small one-storey, one-bay right extension; gin-gang to rear of barn. Barn has side stone steps to Dutch door and 2 worn stone steps in second bay of first floor; flat stone lintel to door. Small square vent at left on ground floor, and vent slit above. Partly-glazed ventilators at eaves flank boarded door of-one-storey building; similar door in lower right extension. Barn gable coping has small steps formed by rubble courses. Left return shows segmental-arched entrance, with rough voussoirs, partly obscured by C20 double boarded vehicle doors; 2 vent slits on first floor. 2 tiers of pigeon holes in gable peak formed by thin bricks set diagonally on 2 brick shelves, the whole a rough triangle. Small pent one-storey, one-bay rear extension on left return was earth closet. Rear gin -gang of 5 stone piers, the openings partly blocked, has original internal beams and is included for group value.

Listing NGR: NZ1163534078