Barn To North West Of Malthouse Farmhouse

This barn, located to the north-west of Malthouse Farmhouse, dates from the late 16th century and has undergone alterations and extensions in the 18th and 19th centuries, with restoration completed in 1986. It is constructed from coursed rubble coal measures sandstone with quoins and features a pantiled roof with stone slated eaves. The barn is a single storey with overlofts, situated on a sloping site where the roadside eaves level is barely at single storey height.

The west elevation has four unglazed timber three-light mullioned windows with timber heads and cills. The east elevation includes a two-bay offshut with a catslide roof, which has two square window openings and a plain doorway. There is a double-width opening at the north end bay.

Inside, the barn features a double and triple purlin roof structure, retaining some original timbers, including a cambered tie beam in the central part. Some trusses still have single straight windbraces. The intermediate bay to the offshut has an aisle post that is jowelled and was formerly braced both longitudinally and laterally; it now has longitudinal braces supporting the aisle plate. The north end wall includes remains of posts and braces. The building served as a malthouse during the 19th century, and remnants of a drying floor were present until the refurbishment in 1986. This barn is included for its group value.