Paradise Laithe

Paradise Laithe is an aisled barn, likely built in the early 18th century. It features random rubble walls with dressed quoins and a stone slate roof, oriented east to west. The north elevation includes a tall cart entry with composite jambs and a wooden lintel. To the left of this entry is a mistal doorway with monolithic jambs. Flanking the cart entry are two arrow-slit ventilators located under the eaves. The gables are coped and have kneelers. The rear side also has a cart entry with an inner porch set within a portal of the aisle, featuring composite jambs, a wooden lintel, and a har-hung door. There are additional doorways in the re-entrant angle leading to the mistals. The left return wall has breather holes, through-stones, and an arrow slit at the apex.

Inside, the barn consists of four bays with a well-preserved oak roof. It has angle-strut trusses with crossed principals and a straight-set ridge. The trusses on either side of the threshing floor are supported by tall stone piers with chamfered capitals. The easternmost truss is held up by tall concave posts on padstones, which are braced to the ridge, with aisle-ties and an arcade plate resting on a stone pier. Some timbers have been reused and feature half lap joints. This configuration results in two bays that are now blocked by inserted stone walls. The posts are slender and may have been repurposed from inverted cruck blades. There are five rows of purlins on each side. This barn is noted as an unusually late example of its type and is the only one of its kind in the parish.