Barley Hall

Barley Hall, located in York, is a building that was likely originally a Prebendal Hospice, later becoming a house. It probably dates back to the 13th century, with a hall added in the 15th century, and has undergone alterations in the mid-15th century, around 1600, and in the early 19th century. The building was restored and partly reconstructed around 1990. It features a long range of medieval lodgings to the northeast, with a late medieval hall house added to the southwest. The exterior of the northeast range has been largely reconstructed, reusing original timbers where possible, while the exterior has been completely rebuilt.

Inside, the building retains a damaged 17th-century brick stack and a stairwell with an early 19th-century staircase. The southeast hall range consists of a two-bay, two-storey open hall, reconstructed with the original southeast wall and roof truss, and the central hall truss has been reused. The passage, now a thoroughfare, features restored original framing, including an ogee-arched entrance and a blocked service doorway with a four-centred head, both set in chamfered openings. The exterior to the southwest has been completely rebuilt, while an extension from around 1600 to the southeast remains largely intact. The southeast wall is made of brick and has various later openings, including a two-leaf lifting door above the passage and a first-floor three-light window with rendered brick mullions. The interior includes a brick chimney stack with two Tudor-arched fireplaces. The restoration work carried out around 1990 by the York Archaeological Trust involved taking down much of the building and completely restoring the medieval and late medieval fabric, with most of the timber-framing in the northeast range being replaced.