Barn Circa 25 Metres South Of Higher Stanalee Cottage

SD 54 SE GOOSNARGH SCOTCH GREEN LANE

2/74 Barn c.25 metres south of Higher Stanalee Cottage

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Barn, probably C17. Cruck frame, coursed sandstone rubble cladding with barge quoins, steeply-pitched corrugated iron roof covering thatch, with bargeboarding. Three bays, plus lean-to addition at right end; full-height double wagon doors to the centre, doorway to 1st bay and blocked doorway to 3rd bay, both with large jambstones and rectangular lintels; right gable wall above level of lean-to has exposed cruck blades in the masonry; left gable wall has modern lean-to of concrete blocks; rear wall has ragged vertical joints indicating position of former rear wagon entrance in centre, and right of this a massive padstone, and a small square window. Interior: 2 full cruck trusses, the 1st with tie, collar, and yoke, the 2nd similar (but tie severed at blades) with dorsals, and the rear blade carrying trenched scarf-jointed purlins with curved windbraces above and below; the truss incorporated in the gable wall has tie, collar, and yoke, and windbracing; rafters, laths and remains of roof thatch.

Listing NGR: SD5514241882