Barn, Horse Engine House And Shippons Approximately 10 Metres To South Of Scriggins

An 18th-century barn, horse engine house, and shippons, with alterations and additions from the mid to late 19th century, stand approximately 10 metres south of Scriggins. The barn is constructed of cob, rendered to the front, on a low plinth of uncoursed stone rubble. It is timber-framed. The horse engine house is timber and cob with remains of a hipped slate roof. The shippon range is of uncoursed stone rubble, with rendered cob to the front first floor. The barn and shippon range have gable-ended roofs, with corrugated iron to the front and scantle slate to the rear (likely formerly thatched).

The buildings form an L-shaped range, enclosing a farmyard to the north. The barn runs approximately north-south, with central opposed cart entrances and a mid-19th century polygonal-ended horse engine house projecting to the east at the north end. A 18th-century shippon range adjoins the south end, running approximately east-west, comprising shippons with lofts above and a granary in the loft at the west end, accessed by external stone steps. The right-hand gable end and rear of the barn were likely rebuilt in the mid to late 19th century.

The barn’s central entrances have large boarded double doors (one two-leaf) with wrought-iron hinges, wooden frames and lintels. A shallow pent-roofed porch is to the west. The north gable end has a boarded loft door with strap hinges and a narrow vent in the apex. The horse engine house at the rear contains a longitudinal beam, a former drive shaft projecting into the barn, and two 19th-century king post trusses. The shippon range’s left-hand side has paired loft doors with wrought-iron strap hinges and a granary loft doorway at the right-hand end, accessible by an external stone staircase of eight steps and a boarded door with strap hinges. It also includes two ground-floor windows with wooden lintels; a two-light window with a chamfered wooden mullion and a four-pane window to the left, and two boarded doors with strap hinges and wooden lintels. The right-hand gable end has a blocked loft opening and a 19th-century two-light window, both with brick segmental-arched heads. The barn has a probably late 19th-century six-bay roof, possibly rebuilt when the horse engine house was added. The buildings are part of a complete small farmstead, including the farmhouse to the north.