Barn About 20 Metres North Of Carkeet Farmhouse

ST CLEER SX 27 SW 5/53 Barn about 20 metres north - of Carkeet Farmhouse 30.9.86 GV II Barn. Circa 1850. Granite rubble with granite dressings. Half-hipped slate roof with lead rolls to hips and ridge. Plan: Barn with cow-house at ground floor; built into the bank at the rear, with a loft at first floor level; at the rear there is the pit for a water-wheel, driven by water brought on an aqueduct with granite piers and a wooden launder. Probably used for threshing and grinding grain. There is a later C19 lean-to addition at the left side. Exterior: 2 storeys, ground gloor has band courses in dressed granite, stepped down to left with the slope of the ground. End right has door and C20 light, with 6-pane light over; 5 bays to left at lower level, with central double doors, single door to each side and ventilation slit to each outer side. First floor has central large double loading door, smaller loading door to each side; pentice slate hood across the whole front. Straight joint to left to the lean-to, of one storey with loft, door with granite lintel at ground floor and ventilation slit to the loft. Right side built into the bank with door leading into the loft. The rear has door with pentice hood, opposing the main loading door, with external stone steps. 2 former doors to left, with granite lintels. Ventilation slit at lower level to right. Wheel pit, built of larger blocks of granite, to the left of the door, the main shaft of the wheel remaining. Row of 3 granite monoliths along the rear left of the barn, which would have carried a wooden launder. Interior: Not accessible. This is a good example of a barn in a modest planned farmyard of the mid C19. The barn faces the farmhouse, and the outer sides of the yard are enclosed by a linhay and a stable. The aqueduct for the waterwheel must have carried a leat for a considerable distance, as there does not appear to be a water source nearby.

Listing NGR: SX2198373311