Bull Hole Byre To North Of Lodge Farmhouse

NZ 24 SW 5/5 12/1/86

BEARPARK BEARPARK COLLIERY ROAD (North end, off) Bull Hole Byre, to north of Lodge farmhouse. (Formerly listed in Witton Gilbert C.P.)

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Byre and cartshed, now byre. Probably mid C17 with alterations. Small stone rubble with large quoins and some throughstones. Lakeland slate roof with stone ridge. One storey, 3 bays. West elevation shows wide wood doorway at right with recessed flat Tudor-arched head under wood lintel; flanking triangular vent holes. Left bay has wagon entrance, now blocked. High- pitched roof with 2 blocked inserted skylights. Interior shows thick walls, reducing in thickness to eaves. 2 pairs of angled crucks, set into walls slightly above ground level, have extended collars which support through purlins, and pegged saddles at apex supporting ridge piece. 4 large joist holes in north gable wall may indicate a loft at this end, the southern ends of the joists having rested on a beam since removed but which may be represented by 2 sawn-off stubs in the appropriate position. Part of the Bearpark estate of the Dean and Chapter of Durham. Source: L.J. Edwards, 'Surviving Pre-C19 Farm Buildings on the Bearpark Estate, Durham', in Making Sense of Buildings, eds. Peter Clack and Jill Ivy, Durham 1985(papers from CBA3 Autumn Conference 1984).

Listing NGR: NZ2326544174