Barn To Home Farm, North West Of Downham Hall, And Stable In Same Range To East

SD 78 44 DoWNHAM CHATBURN ROAD

13/12 Barn to Home Farm, north-west of Downham Hall, and stable in same range to east - GV II

Aisled barn, probably C17th. Limestone rubble with sandstone dressings and stone slate roof. North wall has wide entrance with long-and-short jambs and timber lintel. At each end are shippon doors with chamfered surrounds. To the right of the left-hand door is a window with plain stone surround. Above, under a gablet, is a pitching hole with lintel and sill of C19th type. To the right of the wide entrance is a later lean-to. Adjoining to the left, with a higher roof level, is a building formerly used as a stable. To the left it has a 2-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window. To the right of the central door is a window with chamfered surround. Above the door, under a gablet, is a pitching hole with chamfered stone surround. The central door has a chamfered stone surround, as does a 2nd door at the right. Interior. The barn is of 7 bays with narrow aisles, about one metre wide. The aisle posts rest on stone bases and are braced to the tie beams and to the aisle plates, some of the braces being straight and some curved. There are no mortises for aisle ties. The trusses have light collars and raking queen struts. The purlins and rafters are now of softwood and the trusses have been repaired with softwood. The upper part of truss no.2 (from the east) has been entirely replaced, as has the western truss. At each end of the barn are later shippons with softwood stalls.

Listing NGR: SD7826344374