Syke Barn

Bank barn, at least C18 in date.

MATERIALS: local slate-stone with elongated quoins, and a Lakeland slate roof laid in diminishing courses, with wrestler ridge slates.

PLAN: an L-shaped variant bank barn oriented east to west, with a southward projecting west end.

EXTERIOR: (site inspection not possible: information from other sources). The two storey barn is built into the rising slope at the west end. Its undulating roof line implies the presence of an original roof structure, and to the ridge there are rare, wrestler slates. The north elevation has an in-set entrance with a ventilation slit to the right and a small window to the left. There is a first floor window above, set immediately below the eaves, and fitted with a six-pane window frame. A second window to the upper right of the entrance is thought to possibly light a stair; it has a cambered timber lintel with a slate drip stone above and a six-light fixed pane window frame. There are four inserted roof lights. The north gable of the western projection has a small opening to its apex, and below is a timber mullioned window with an elbowed wooden lintel. The west gable has a line of through stones or a slate drip mould.

INTERIOR: (site inspection not possible): no information.