Shaley Brow Barn

Shaley Brow Barn is a former farm outbuilding that was used for both animal accommodation and food storage. It dates from the mid to late 18th century and has minor alterations from the 19th century. The structure is built from coursed rubble sandstone, arranged in diminishing courses at the east end, and features plain stone dressings beneath a stone slate roof. The barn has a four-bay plan with opposed double doors located in the second bay from the east end, as well as standings for cattle in a two-bay outshut at the west end.

The north elevation displays an asymmetrical roof pitch with varying depths. The east bay includes a shallow integral outshut with a quoined stable doorway beneath a shallow lintel, leading to a plain planked door. There is a tall double doorway, which was formerly fitted with har-hung doors but is currently without doors, and the opening is weathered by the roof overhang. To the west, the two-bay byre outshut extends northward by three metres beyond the eastern bays and features a doorway in the eastern end wall.

On the south elevation, three massive raking stone buttresses support the side wall, which has an uneven stepped face indicating a partial rebuild around the low double doorway that now has 20th-century boarded doors.

Inside, the barn has three collar and tie beam trusses that support a double purlin roof, featuring a diagonally-set ridge purlin notched into the principal rafter heads. The two western trusses rest on the arcade plate of the aisle, which is supported by three posts with a low rail between them. A tie beam extends from the middle post to the outshut wallplate, and above this tie beam, a principal rafter connects the post to the outer end of the tie beam, supporting double aisle purlins with the help of diagonal braces, one of which is forked.