Barn And Attached Farm Buildings At Red House Farm

NZ 24 SW 5/3

BEARPARK BEARPARK Barn and attached farm buildings at Red House Farm

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Barn and farm buildings. Circa 1860 for Ushaw College (q.v. in Derwentside District, Esh civil parish). Possibly by Hansom, who designed Ushaw Home Farm. Coursed sandstone rubble with quoins and ashlar dressings; roofs pantiles, with stone-flagged eaves and yellow ridge tiles, and concrete tiles. U-plan. 2-storey, 3-bay barn on north; one-storey sheds project from outer bays, their rear gables linked by wall to eaves height forming foldyard.

North elevation of barn has flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills to partly-glazed square ground-floor openings in each bay. Left return has similar lintels over 3 doors, the central boarded and the outer blocked. Flat stone lintels to 2 small rectangular vent slits near top of gable peak; longer top vent opening has pointed head cut out of stone lintel. Rear ranges blank on outer returns.

Right return gable has stone lintels over 2 ground-floor doors and central first-floor boarded loft opening; vent slit with pointed head in gable peak.

Rear ranges blank on outer returns; inner returns not inspected.

Interior of barn shows chamfered posts and beams to ground-floor stalls; well-made roof with collared secondary rafters.

Listing NGR: NZ2283543264