Barn and stables approximately 50 metres north of Little Preston Hall

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GREAT AND LITTLE PRESTON HALL LANE (east side) LS26 Barn and stables approx. 50 metres north of Little Preston Hall

GV II

Barn and stables, with granary. Late C17 or early C18, altered. Hand-made brick, stone slate roof. L-shaped plan, the barn on a north-south axis forming the west side of the farmyard, and the stables with granary at right angles forming the north side. The barn has a small square-headed wagon door close to the angle; the stable range is two-storeyed and four bays, with a doorway to the second bay, rectangular windows at ground floor (mostly altered or damaged) and square windows above, and at the right-hand end of the first floor is a doorway approached by steps flush with the front wall. Gable end of barn has been rebuilt in modern brick following collapse, but it retains a hipped roof. Both parts have saw-toothed eaves bands, and in the rear walls cruciform breathers; rear of barn also has owl-hole with perching stone, and rear of stables has three-course band.

Interior: stable range has king-post roof trusses with V-struts.

Listing NGR: SE3882330180