Cowhouse At Hartsbarn Farm

The cowhouse at Hartsbarn Farm dates from the early 18th century and is constructed of random rubble sandstone with a corrugated-iron roof. It is a four-bay building that is lofted throughout. The main facade features a wide door to the left of center, which is an alteration, along with a ventilation slit and another slit above it. There is a square-headed window at the right-hand end and a square pitching-hole above the door. The ends of the floor beams are visible from the outside.

On the right-hand gable, there is a central original doorway to the ground floor, a ventilation slit, and a small shuttered opening to the loft, along with an owl-hole in the apex of the parapet gable. The parapet gable is located at the right-hand end of the building. Internally, a cross wall on the ground floor appears to have been inserted, likely in the early 19th century. The south roof has one renewed truss, while the original trusses are collar trusses, with principal rafters tenoned into the tops of cranked braces that rise from the floor beams, which are braced back. This design provides an interesting and unusual solution for accessing the loft with low eaves.