Aisled Barn 20 Metres North Of Kirby Grange Hall

The barn, dating to the early 17th century, is likely contemporary with Kirby Grange Hall, built around 1606 for Sir Richard Asheton of Middleton. It is constructed of thin coursed hammer-dressed stone with quoins, and has a stone slate roof. The interior is four bays wide, featuring a single aisle on the north side, the side furthest from the hall. Doorways are located in the gable ends.

The barn is gable-fronted and runs parallel to Kirby Grange Hall. The east gable has quoins to the left angle only, with curved walling and a probable rebuild on the right. A blocked mistal doorway is present with a timber lintel and tie-stone jambs. To the right is a wide, double doorway across the aisle arcade, likely a later enlargement. Above this is a hayloft doorway with one-over-two set triangular breather holes in the gable apex, and two rows of double ventilators below. The left return (south elevation) has two rows of five triangular ventilators and an inserted window.

The west gable is partly coped and has similar fenestration to the east gable. The right return has a long, sloping roof to low eaves, with a window cut into the left side of a larger blocked opening, which has a timber lintel. An attached brick building to the southwest corner is not of special interest.

The interior features a fine oak timbered structure. It contains three queen strut trusses with slender struts to the principal rafters, which provide support for single trenched butt purlins and a diamond set ridge tree. Posts sit on padstones with chamfered edges, featuring straight braces to the tie-beam and arcade-plate. The aisle-tie sits on top of the wall plate, with a single strut to the principal rafter, which supports a purlin. Original oak rafters are retained in one piece from ridge to arcade-plate, with separate offset rafters from the arcade to the wall plate.