Barn At Temple Newsam To North East Of The Stables

LEEDS

SE3532 TEMPLE NEWSAM PARK, Temple Newsam 714-1/46/1120 Barn at Temple Newsam to north-east 19/10/51 of the stables

GV II

Barn. Late C17 with later alterations and datestone of 1744, altered C20. Red brick, stone plinth, quoins, kneelers and verges of stone; stone slate roof with gable ends, stone coping, ball finial. Large elliptical headed entrance at centre. Triangular vents. Stone tablet in S gable end inscribed '1744', cornice over. Attached at right angles to N end, E side: lower 2-storey later C18 cart/shelter shed and stable wing, brick with stone slate roof, segmental-arched openings, later outbuildings attached at E end. INTERIOR: 12 bays, alternate king-post and collar-beam trusses, a timber wall-plate running along the wall-tops and the walls have internal buttresses supporting the king-post tie beams. Above these tie-beams the king-posts have side braces to the principal rafters and braces to the ridge, short queen-posts each side. On a tie-beam near the N end of the building there is the carved date: 'CD 1691111'. 3 tiers of trenched purlins. The barn appears to be the one shown on an engraving made in 1702 by J Kip (see guide book). (Leeds City Art Galleries: Guide to Temple Newsam: 1989-: 2).

Listing NGR: SE3569732136