Barn, Byres, Hemmels, Loose Boxes And Gin Gang To North Of Oxclose Farmhouse

CROOK AND WILLINGTON A 690 (North side) NZ 23 NW 25/11 Barn, byres, hemmels, loose-boxes and gin- gang to north of Oxclose Farmhouse GV II

Barn, byres, hemmels, loose-boxes and gin-gang in planned farm lay-out. Mid- C19. Coursed sandstone rubble with stock brick or ashlar dressings; red brick dressings on gin-gang; roofs of Welsh slate, some large on byre; gin-gang has pantiles and some renewed French tiles with yellow ridge tiles and stone finial; barn roof of concrete tiles. Square plan with gin-gang on north of north barn, and central range attached to north barn; south byre extends beyond square at south-east.

Gin-gang: 5 square piers of stone and brick support polygonal roof with hat- shaped finial (disc and drum). 2-storey barn adjoining has Dutch door at left; 3 elliptical cart entrances at right with keyed brick arches on ashlar piers; 3 loft openings above these are part hit-and-miss and part glazed, with flat stone lintels and projecting stone -sills. High barn on right return has 2 tall cart entrances with elliptical brick arches over boarded double doors; small square vents at eaves. Byre on left return has boarded double door to hay-room; 3 lights partly glazed,partly hit-and-miss, in ashlar surrounds. South byre, completing square, has boarded door and double doors and 2 Dutch doors; renewed glazing in 7 windows; ridge pot ventilators.

Within courtyard, hemmel attached to barn has low segmental brick arch over water trough; 2 pig-sties in south end with blocked feeding openings. Interior: east range has wood-slatted partitions and triangular-plan mangers.

Listing NGR: NZ2200536691