Barn Attached To North West Corner Of Beeston Hall

This is a barn attached to the northwest corner of Beeston Hall, built in the late 18th century. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins and features a stone slate roof. The barn has two storeys and includes a wide elliptical arched cart entry, which has an expressed keystone, monolithic jambs, and moulded imposts. Above this entry is a four-light flat-faced mullioned window. Inside, there is a similar inner arch set within the portal, along with doorways that also have monolithic jambs, located within the re-entrant angle. On either side, there are mistal doorways with monolithic jambs and former four-light flat-faced mullioned windows on both floors. The right-hand return wall has a wide gable with a blocked first-floor taking-in door. Rectangular ventilators are arranged two over three, with an owl-hole at the apex. It is possible that this building was connected to the textile industry and may have originally served as a loom shop or warehouse rather than a traditional barn.