Lumb Hall Barn

Lumb Hall Barn is a barn dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with a timber frame encased in stone, likely from the early 18th century. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone and has a stone slate roof. The barn is single-aisled and consists of four bays. The tall cart-entry located in the first bay features composite jambs and a wooden lintel. To the right of this entry, there is a blocked chamfered slit vent. In the fourth bay, there is a much weathered doorway with tie-stone jambs and a chamfered lintel, which is positioned to the left of a flight of nine stone steps leading to a first-floor doorway. This doorway has interrupted jambs and is accompanied by a two-light window to the left, which includes a wooden lintel, a projecting sill, and a chamfered mullion. The rear of the barn has three former three-light windows, each with wooden lintels and mortices for wooden mullions.

Inside, the barn features an open arcade in the first three bays. The posts, resting on padstones, have jowelled heads and are supported by braces connecting to the arcade-plate and tie beams, with some braces being straight and others curved. The roof is a king-post design with single angle struts and curved braces leading to the ridge. The fourth bay contains a wall-tie and a close-studded partition that retains lath-and-plaster infill, separating a floored mistal. On the ground floor of the right gable, there is an ogee-shaped recess similar to the apex stones at Lumb Hall. Above the mistal, there is a chamber with a blocked window featuring a stop-chamfered wooden lintel and mortices for two mullions, along with two stop-chamfered spine beams that have mortices for ceiling joists that are now missing. The wall-plate above the cart-entry has mortices for timber framing.

This barn is notable for its fine early timbered interior, which is rare in this region, and it includes the unusual feature of a room over the mistal that appears to have been used for domestic purposes, representing an original aspect of the structure.