L Shaped Barn With Attached Round Headed Arch Way To Left Approximately 15 Metres South East Of Right Wing Of Hardwick Hall

This is an L-shaped barn from the mid-18th century, with later additions and alterations, located approximately 15 meters southeast of the right wing of Hardwick Hall. The barn is constructed of red brick in a Flemish garden wall bond, featuring graded slates on the front roof slope and corrugated iron on the rear. It has two ranges of roughly equal length, is two stories tall, and has a gable-lit attic. The south range includes a mix of glazing bar sashes, fixed-light windows, and segmental-headed casements, with some leaded glass. The lower left section is blind, while there are seven windows on the first floor and four on the ground floor. To the left, a short section of red brick wall features a wide recessed round-headed archway that leads to a courtyard behind. Although the roof structure could not be inspected during the last survey in February 1987, the presence of fireplaces beneath small brick ridge stacks in the south range suggests that the building may have once served a partly domestic purpose. This barn is included for its group value with Hardwick Hall.