Barn At Number 24 (Nether Haugh Farm) Approximately 20 Metres To North East Of Farmhouse

SK49NW WENTWORTH NETHER HAUGH

5/101 Barn at No 24 (Nether Haugh Farm) approximately 20 metres to north-east of 23.3.79 farmhouse (formerly listed as Barn at No 24)

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Barn. C15 and C16, walls infilled C18 and C19, C20 reroofing. Timber-framed; walls now brick and rubble sandstone; sheet asbestos roof. Now 2 storeys; 5 bays. Farmyard front: 4 bays visible, adjoining farmbuilding to front right (not of special interest). Bay divisions marked by some exposed wall posts and by changes in wall infill. End post to left. Adjacent bay with low stone wall pierced by boarded door, brickwork above with hatch and casement. Next bay with rubble wallstone infill and inserted casement. Next bay flanked by braced wall posts, lower wall of rubble sandstone with 2 blocked slit vents, upper wall brick with boarded hatch. Bay to right has boarded infill beneath timber rail, brickwork above encases timber brace. Timber-framing exposed in lower parts of gable walls.

Interior: entry via bay on right in farmyard leads to stone-paved central threshing-floor of original 3-bay structure, 2 end-bays to left (west) are timber-framed additions. Original structure: most wall-posts, wall plates and tie beams remain. Curved braces and some stud infill below end-truss tie beam. Collared-rafter roof with twinned collars marking the position of former hipped roof and gablet. Peg holes in rafter feet indicate that eaves were sprocketted. Side purlins on raking struts. Added bays retain braced wall posts, wall plates and tie beams. End truss of original 3-bay structure given re-used cruck-blade principals. Roof structure of westernmost bay now renewed.

P. F. Ryder, report in County Ancient Monuments and Sites Record, Sheffield, primary index No 1462.

Listing NGR: SK4190796873