Hill Barn and Attached Cow Stalls at Gr Sp 047282

Hill Barn and the attached cow stalls are a large field barn with cart shed and cow stalls, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The barn consists of five bays and is constructed from limestone rubble, which is squared and coursed, featuring cut quoins at the deep projecting entrance on the southeast side. The barn has a corrugated iron roof with coped gables and kneelers, the western gable topped with a finial. There are ventilation slots in the west and north walls, and a pair of plank doors under a bressummer that are flush with the wall on the north side, along with similar doors in the south cart-way and a square loading opening above.

Inside, the barn has a two-purlin tie and strutted collar roof without wind bracing, and a floor has been inserted in the east arm. A three-light wood casement window with a grille overlooks the cart shed. In the internal angle to the east of the cart-way, there is a hipped lean-to open shed supported by wooden posts and covered with a corrugated iron roof. Projecting east from the main gable is a lower cart shed made of rubble with a stone slate roof.

Running south from the southeast corner of the barn is a large 19th-century eight-bay cow byre with a gabled stone slate roof and well-crafted cut limestone gables. The west front is open on posts that rest on stone truncated pyramid plinths, although some panels have been filled in. Inside the cow byre, there is a continuous trough approximately 700 millimeters wide, made from special bricks. This structure is an important element in the landscape and exhibits some architectural pretension.