Two Attached Barns To Rear Of Hill Top Farmhouse

Two attached barns are located at the rear of Hill Top farmhouse. They are possibly from the late 16th century, with alterations and additions made in the early 18th century. The barns are constructed of coursed rubble and feature stone slate and pantile roofs. They are L-shaped, with each barn consisting of four bays.

The western barn has earlier 16th-century roof trusses and quoins. It features a tall cart-entry in the third bay, which has a wooden lintel and horizontally-hung doors. To the left, there are two doorways with wooden lintels, one of which is blocked. A window is located below a wooden-framed pitching-hole (also blocked), with another pitching hole to the right of the doorway that is glazed. Several small triangular ventilators are present but blocked. The barn has a steeply-pitched roof with a coped gable and kneelers.

The northern barn, which dates from the 18th century, breaks forward at right angles. Its first bay has paired doorways with tie-stone jambs. The second bay has a similar doorway, but the lintel has been raised and altered to form a window, with another window above to the left under the eaves, where a former pitching hole is now glazed. A wide cart-entry is set in the third bay, featuring composite jambs and a segmental arch made of sandstone voussoirs and skewbacks. The stonework above this entry has been disturbed. A weathervane is located on the left gable.

Inside the western barn, there is a fine 16th-century king-post roof with tall stop-chamfered king posts and steeply-angled struts. The soffit of the tie beam of the second truss has mortices for posts, braces, and close studding, with curved braces to the ridge. The northern barn has an 18th-century oak king-post roof with single angle struts.