Linhay at Byes Farm

The Linhay at Byes Farm is an 18th-century linhay, altered in the 20th century. It is constructed of random rubble stone and timber-framed to the front, with a corrugated-metal roof. Various repairs and alterations have been undertaken using concrete block.

The Linhay is one of two groups of agricultural buildings arranged around farmyards. The linhay itself is rectangular and originally extended further east, its current plan resulting from the addition of a 20th-century milking shed.

It is a two-storey linear range of seven irregular bays, originally built as cattle housing with a hayloft above. It faces onto the farmyard and was originally open-fronted. A wide, full-height covered way on the left-hand side allows access to the hayloft for loading and unloading. Bays two to five have timber posts set on stone pads, some of which have been replaced with concrete. The former open bays between have been infilled with concrete block to the ground floor and corrugated sheeting to the upper level, containing various door and window openings. The narrower, eastern bay has a rendered concrete block front elevation and east gable wall, with a 20th-century plank door and multi-paned window. The rear and west elevations are of stone rubble, with first-floor taking-in openings to the rear; one contains a wooden door, the other has partially collapsed.

Internally, the linhay retains the remains of wooden cattle stalls, a brick feeding trough, and a concrete floor laid over an earlier cobbled floor. A piped water supply system has been added. One bay at the west end has been partitioned off for a separate stall, and the eastern bay is only accessible externally. The hayloft is a large open space with access to the west-facing covered way. The roof structure consists of lapped principal rafters pegged at the apex, later collars, a ridge piece, a single row of purlins, and common rafters.