Barn At Longford Hall Farm

SK 23 NW PARISH OF LONGFORD LONG LANE 6/29 (North Side) 13.6.67 Barn at Longford Hall Farm (formerly listed as 'Barn at hall') GV II*

Barn with stables incorporated. 1760 with C19 additions and C20 alterations. Built for the Cokes of Longford Hall who were closely related to the Cokes of Holkham Hall. Red brick with brick and stone dressings. Plain tile roofs with crowstepped stone coped gables and moulded kneelers to 1760 barn, plus sawtooth eaves band, and plain stone coped gables to early C19 addition. Six bays and single storey with advanced gabled bays all along south elevation, two tall ones to either end with crowstepped gables and four low early C19 ones to centre, These each have a segment headed blind arch with a segment headed stable door within, except eastern one which has a later window. To either side in tall bays are large segment head arches with stone keystones and impost blocks, that to east now filled by C20 double doors and adjoining C20 windows above, that to west with full height plank doors. Beyond to east, a similar tall bay has segment headed door with plank door to west and inserted window to east, with plank door in raised plain stone surround above. The equivalent western bay has an inserted segment headed doorcase with plank door and a late C19 crowstepped gabled addition to west. Above, a small C19 window in raised stone surround. West gable wall has an elaborate pattern of diamond breathers and '1760 WC' picked out in breathers in the gable. Interior has five braced king post trusses with side struts. C20 additions to west and north.

Listing NGR: SK2149838432