Barn At Nightingale'S Farm

SD 51 SE HEATH CHARNOCK RAWLINSON LANE

8/145 Barn at Nightingale's Farm - - II

Barn, dated 1705, now derelict. Ashlar, with stone slate roof. Rectangular plan of 5 bays (modern extensions of concrete blocks at each side). Chamfered plinth. Front (east) side has former wagon doorway in the centre, with short cheeks lettered in relief: N (left part R (?T) obscured) and 1 (right); breathers on 2 levels; inserted modern windows 7 0 5 at ground floor, and a square window at 1st floor of 5th bay. Right (north) gable wall has 3 ground floor doorways with large rectangular lintels, that in the centre lettered in relief N a square pitching door above, and at R T 1705 right side of 1st floor a small chamfered round-headed opening; left gable wall has 2 square stone mullioned windows lacking mullions, and at 1st floor 3 square openings, the middle one set higher. Rear (west) wall has in the 1st bay a large lintel to a former double doorway, part filled with ashlar masonry; in the centre an altered wagon doorway; and in the 5th bay at 1st floor level a 2-light stone mullioned window lacking the mullion. Interior: original roof trusses with raking struts and collars.

Listing NGR: SD5955514080