Barton Cottage And Attached Stable Range Approxmately 30 Metres North East Of Barton House

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SP0102 THE BARTON 578-1/3/384 Barton Cottage and attached stable range approx. 30m NE of Barton House

GV II

Cottage with attached cartshed, granary and stable range. Probably early C18, stable may be later. Coursed squared limestone rubble; stone slate roof; 3 rebuilt brick ridge and left-end stacks; brick stack beside gable to left. Long range with 7 gables to front and 7 gables to rear has attached single-storey stable to right. Front facing into yard is single-storey and attic; 4-window range. Two 2-light leaded casements to left with chamfered stone cills and flat arch lintel to far left are ground floor of Barton Cottage; to right two unglazed 2-light timber windows with flat arch lintels and chamfered stone cills. Gables have four 2-light leaded casements to left, to far left Barton Cottage; to right 2 unglazed 2-light timber windows; gable to far right is without window, now rendered and with C20 timber-framing. Ground floor has 2 doorways to right, to far right with lower half of plank stable door; Barton Cottage to left has plank door with glazed panel in C20 timber porch; to centre 3 former openings to cartshed with quoins to opening, 2 stone piers and timber lintel now infilled in stone. First floor has plank door inserted between 2 gables to centre left and approached by external stair in concrete blockwork with attached brick single-storey lean-to. Rear elevation of main range has four 2-light leaded casements and one 2-light unglazed window in gables, 2 plank doors in gables to left. One unglazed 3-light timber window to ground floor left, 3 openings to former cartshed with stone piers and timber lintel, further opening with pair of plank doors. Flush quoins to left and right angles. Attached stable to right has front to left return enclosing stable yard; through-passage to right; boarded front has 4 small 2- and 3-light windows, 2 plank stable doors, panel of 4 sliding hatches to front left; to right of through-passage pair of plank doors open to rear away from yard giving access to garage. INTERIOR of main range to right has remains of early C18 plank partitions to first floor, heavy cross-axial beams to ground floor, butt purlin roof with heavy extended collars now with plank ridge partially collapsed. Stable to right has 2 loose boxes and hay store; loose boxes have feeding racks and troughs and plank partitions, that to left possibly C18 or C19; loft over to left, 4-bay butt-purlin roof structure with plank ridge visible to right.

Listing NGR: SP0166302368