Gain Lane Farmhouse And Attached Barn And Stables To Rear

A farmhouse and attached barn and stables, dating from the early to mid-18th century. The building is constructed of thin, hammer-dressed stone, with a stone slate roof. It follows a laithe-house plan, with farm buildings extending in a U-shaped range to the rear.

The main front of the farmhouse has quoins. The two-bay section on the right features former cottage doorways with tie-stone jambs, now blocked, at either end. A tall, central doorway has monolithic jambs, flanked by two-light, flat-faced mullioned windows with recessed mullions and four-pane glazing. The first-floor windows are similar but originally had five lights, one of which is now solid. Coped gables are present, with kneelers; the gable on the right has a stack, and another stack is located at the junction with the barn. To the left is a three-bay section featuring a segmental-arched cart-entry with a stressed keystone and skewbacks, composite reinforced jambs, and a blocked doorway with monolithic jambs.

Attached to the left gable of the barn is an extension with four linked, semi-circular arched entrances, now blocked. The rear of the house is L-shaped, with a lean-to against the left side of the doorway, which has tie-stone jambs. A stack is located at the junction with the barn. The barn features an arched cart-entry similar to the front, with inner returns containing doorways with tie-stone jambs. An addition has two open, semi-circular arches on a common square column. A low stable range connects at right angles to a long, single-storey, eleven-bay outbuilding, constructed in two sections of seven and four bays. This outbuilding has two doorways with monolithic jambs and nine windows with lintels and sills. Coped gables are present and a ridge stack is positioned on the right. The rear of this range has twelve chamfered rectangular ventilators and three doorways with monolithic jambs, one of which is blocked.

Inside the barn, the roof has a king-post structure, with tie-beams of large scantling, straight-braced to the ridge, but lacking struts. The eleven-bay outbuilding has fish-bone king-post trusses. The northernmost bay retains shafting for a former industrial use, where a set-pot was formerly situated.