Lanaways Barn

Lanaways Barn is a barn and attached shelter-shed, originally built probably in the 17th century, with the shelter-shed dating to the 19th century. It was converted to a house between 1990 and 1995. The building is timber-framed and has late 20th-century weather-board cladding, a brick plinth on the former shelter-shed, and plain tile roofs. One side has a rubble stone lean-to. The barn has a three-bay L-shaped plan. It includes central cart-entries facing each other, the one on the south side being taller, a lean-to at the east end, and a four-bay shelter-shed attached to the west end, originally open on the east side. There are late 20th-century doors and windows, most being 2-light casement windows, with glazing to the former barn cart-entries, as well as a steel flue. The barn’s interior retains a good-quality frame, including a sole plate, large posts and studs, wall posts jowelled and having slightly-arched braces up to tie-beams, and large-scantling braces down to mid-rail. The roof features raking queen struts, clasped purlins, pegged rafters, and straight wind braces at the ends. A gallery and stone fireplace were inserted in the late 20th century. The lean-to includes a wall-plate, a tie-beam with an arched brace from the barn wall-post, and a raked strut supporting a purlin. The shelter-shed has queen-strut roof trusses. The barn is a small, good-quality timber-framed building that retains its original character despite conversion to a house.