Byland

Byland is a group of farm buildings dating from the 18th century, arranged around a courtyard. The structures are built from stone rubble, with 20th-century weatherboarding on the linhay elevations facing the yard. The roofs are hipped and covered with corrugated iron. The courtyard layout features linhays on the southwest side, an enclosing wall on the southeast side, and an 8-bay threshing barn with a southern outshut on the northeast side. The buildings are one storey high with a loft. There are timber lintels over wide doorways on the southwest and northeast sides, both of which provide access to the central yard. The courtyard elevations include monolithic granite posts supporting the linhays. The roofs are constructed with 18th-century collar trusses that have face-pegged collars and halved and pegged apexes. The linhay on the southwest side features jointed crucks for the principals facing the yard. Historically, Byland appears to have originated as a farmstead, as indicated on an Ashburton map from 1605. By 1840, the tithe apportionment referred to it as "Court Field and Barn," and the tithe map shows it in its current form as an outfarm. This site is a good example of a complete 18th-century courtyard group of farm buildings.