Barn Approximately 15 Metres To North West Of Deerstones Farmhouse

The barn, located approximately 15 meters to the north-west of Deerstones Farmhouse, is a Grade II listed building dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. Originally a house, it has since been converted into an outbuilding. The structure features a timber frame clad in coursed squared stone and is a single-storey, three-bay aisled hall with an added two-storey aisled cross-wing.

On the north front, there are hollow-chamfered mullioned windows throughout. The hall includes a 19th-century door to bay 1, a two-light window in bay 2 (with the mullion removed), and a blocked, chamfered, quoined, Tudor-arched doorway. Bay 3 is gabled and features a chamfered arched light, a two-light window (with the mullion removed), and an inserted door to the right. The right wing has a 19th-century door to the right of a blocked three-light window, with a two-light window above, all of which have had their mullions removed.

At the rear, there is a cart entry and a former three-light window on the right, with two 19th-century windows above. The aisle breaks forward to the left, featuring a five-light window (with the mullions removed). The cross-wing has a tall blocked four- or five-light window with a three-light window above and the base of an external stack on the left. The right return of the cross-wing has a two-light window on the left.

Inside the hall, the aisle posts are supported by curved braces to the aisle-plates and tie-beams. The south aisle mid-rail has a mortice in the soffit for panelling below and retains studs with wattle and daub above. The left truss has stone-walled infill and a king post with V struts. The central truss has its king-post sawn off and replaced by queen struts. The truss against the cross-wing shows mortices for panelling and, above the tie-beam, for both V and upright struts, with the king-post again sawn off. The various sets of mortices indicate that the truss was closed in two different ways over its history. A gap between this truss and the studding of the cross-wing wall suggests that the two sections were built at different times. In the rear room of the cross-wing, there is a lateral chamfered quoined fireplace with a massive lintel.