Barn And Attached Farmbuildings To North Of West Middleton Farmhouse

NZ 11 SW WYCLIFFE WITH THORPE WEST MIDDLETON

7/196 Barn and attached farmbuildings to 6.8.87 north of West Middleton Farmhouse

GV II

Barn probably late C17 or early C18; farm buildings early C19. Coursed rubble with roughly-shaped quoins; C19 parts have tooled quoins and dressings; graduated stone slate roofs except for C20 asbestos sheets on wheelhouse. Barn with lower ranges to east enclosing foldyard; and wheel-house on west.

Elevations to foldyard: Barn has stable door in blocked former cart entrance with timber lintel; small barred window to right and slatted window above left. Coped gables. South range is a 3-bay shelter shed with part-blocked segmental arcade. North range in 2 sections: left part has 2 stable doors and one boarded door, with timber lintels; right part, set back behind C20 shed, shows 2 segmental arches with boarded door to right.

End walls of barn show boarded windows in gables; stable door in south end. Wheel-house has cart entrance under timber lintel on south.

Interior: Barn has storeyed south end; lst-floor joists carried by transverse stop-chamfered beam; upper room has small fireplace. Main part of barn has 4-bay roof with raised cruck trusses, the central and southern trusses with blades rising only to the collar. Two levels of purlins carried on extended tie and collar; no ridge piece.

Listing NGR: NZ1295812775