Barn Approximately 26 Metres South-West Of Stonelowe Hall

SJ 95 SE 12/134

LONGSDON C.P. LONGSDON Barn approximately 26m south-west of Stonelowe Hall

GV II

Barn. C17 with later alterations and additions. Coursed and dressed rubble; blue machine tile roofs; verge parapets with moulded copings and ball finials. Rectangular plan (with additions) on 2 levels with hay loft over shippon (now store). Tall, short frontage with double hay loft door to left of centre; 2-light casement window to right and sliding door to left below; 2 rows of vents to upper level. Single- storey stone addition of 2 windows to left and 2-level blockwork addition of one window set back to right. It has been suggested that the barn has served as a manorial prison or lock-up; this theory is endorsed by the present owner (September 1984) on the grounds of the phantom foot- steps heard on various occasions by disinterested witnesses; the search for "maninloft-maninloft" is, however, as yet unrewarded.

Listing NGR: SJ9554954616