Barn 50 Metres To North East Of Rooke Farmhouse

This is a barn located 50 meters to the northeast of Rooke Farmhouse, dating from the early 19th century, with a mid-19th century extension that includes a water wheel. The barn is constructed of stone rubble, featuring slate stone galetting and granite quoins. It has a rag slate roof with hipped ends and a lean-to outshut roof over the extension. The building has a rectangular plan, with a shippon on the ground floor and two threshing floors above, separated by a stone rubble cross wall. The water wheel, situated in the extension at the front, was originally used to drive threshing machinery in the right-hand range. The front of the barn is asymmetrical and has two storeys, with brick segmental arches and plank doors. There are opposing threshing doors on the right and left, although the right-hand doors have been blocked by the extension. Inside, there is a hybrid undershot water wheel in the outshut extension, but the machinery has been removed. The threshing floors are made of timber, with limewashed walls, and the roof has seven bays on the left and eight bays on the right, featuring two tiers of lapped and pegged collars and X apices.