Hoghouse

MATERIALS: local rubble slatestone with Westmorland slate roof laid in diminishing courses.

PLAN: a rectangular building built into a gentle east-west slope; it has two levels with separate external access to each.

EXTERIOR: a simple pitched roof structure of dry stone construction situated in a remote location. The main north elevation has prominent quoins at its left end and there is evidence that the upper parts of the walls may have been raised or rebuilt in the early C20. A central entrance with a stone lintel gives access to the upper level hayloft. A rough partly blocked small, square opening is immediately to the left, and further to the left, there is a second square opening. At the lower west end of the elevation there is a second door with a stone lintel giving entry to the lower level room with a ventilation slit to the left. The crow-stepped east gable has a central rectangular opening used as a pitching door. The rear elevation and west gable are blind, with the exception of a triangular ventilator at the apex of the latter.

INTERIOR: the upper level hayloft has a single tie beam roof truss with angle struts and double purlins. The western third has a full width, slightly raised manger thought to be of more recent origin, and below this is the lower level room with an earth floor used to shelter the hogs.