Swallowshaw and Attached Barn

The property comprises a house and attached barn, dated 1663. The house is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a stone slate roof and is a two-storey, double pile building. The front of the house features double-chamfered mullioned windows, including a four-light window with a transom, a six-light window with king mullions and a two-light fire-window, and a further six-light window with a king mullion above. A doorway has a Tudor-arched lintel bearing the date within a tressure, with composite jambs and a moulded surround. The building has two moulded corbels over the doorway carrying a gutter, which match the kneelers on the coped gables. A single stack is present on the eastern gable.

An aisle of the barn projects forward, displaying quoined angles and a tall doorway with a square lintel and chamfered surround, also featuring two moulded corbels carrying a gutter and gable kneelers. A mistal doorway has a similar square lintel, composite jambs, and a chamfered surround. The rear of the barn is characterised by a cart entry protected by oversailing eaves carried on a beam with ½ lap joints, supported by triple corbels. A similar mistal doorway is also present. Behind the through passage is an outshut with a cat slide roof and a doorway with a Tudor-arched lintel and chamfered surround. The ground floor of the house has double-chamfered mullioned windows of six and eleven lights, with a king mullion; a division wall between the housebody and parlour is attached to this mullion.

Internally, there is an original doorway from the through passage into the barn. The house retains original reeded spine beams and joists, with scarf joints to the spine beams of the housebody indicating a former bressumer was replaced by a large, early 18th-century fireplace, featuring slightly corbelled jambs, a moulded surround and a carved lintel. Several arch-headed doorways are also present. The house is a fine example of a yeoman clothier’s house, retaining its original fenestration, and is notable for an unusual doorway leading into the barn from the through passage, reflecting a long-house tradition.