Farnley Little Barn

Farnley Little Barn is a former oast house, likely constructed in the late 18th century using some earlier timbers. A brick on the north side bears the date 1801 and the initials J C. The building was converted to residential use in 1992.

The ground floor is built of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with some vitrified headers and a projecting plinth. The first floor is timber-framed, clad in weatherboarding, and has a half-hipped tiled roof. The plan is of two storeys and four bays. Until the early 20th century, an integral hop kiln was located to the north and stowage to the south. Originally, access to the first floor was via an external ladder to a door in the centre of the west side. Following the 1992 conversion, the internal plan includes a living room and kitchen on the ground floor, and two bedrooms and a bathroom above, accessed by an internal staircase.

The west side features four windows on the first floor; the southernmost is an original unglazed diamond mullioned opening with its original internal wooden shutter, while the other windows were added around 1992. A plank door with a wooden latch and iron hinges is accessible by a fixed ladder. The ground floor has a small wooden mullioned window dating to circa 1992, and a plank door within a wooden surround towards the south side. The north side has no window or door openings, only a brick inscribed with the date 1801 and the initials J C. The east side has two small late 20th-century wooden mullioned windows on the first floor, and two larger wooden casement windows and a Dutch door towards the north end of the ground floor. The south side has no window or door openings.

The living room has three axial ceiling beams, the central one strengthened, and thin ceiling joists. The floor is tiled with late 20th-century floor tiles. A circa 1992 winder staircase, located immediately north of the entrance, leads to the upper floor. The first-floor wall frame retains three of the four original corner posts, wall plates, and long diagonal tension braces, except at the north end. The roof structure includes pegged rafters, purlins, and collar beams. The wooden floor and most of the window shutters, excluding the original southern one on the west wall, date to circa 1992.