Moss Side And Adjoining Former Barn

Moss Side and the adjoining former barn is a farmhouse and former barn that has been converted into a private house. The original structure dates from the late 17th century, with a 19th-century extension, while the barn, which is now part of the house, is from the late 18th or early 19th century and has undergone 20th-century alterations. The building features mixed rubble construction with red sandstone dressings and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof, which includes roughcast and yellow brick chimney stacks.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with a two-storey right-angled barn to the right, creating an overall L-shape. There is a 20th-century door set in an alternate-block surround, and the windows are two-light stone-mullioned types, with a smaller fire window to the right. A 20th-century glazed porch is located on the right side, and there is a two-storey 19th-century extension at the rear.

Inside the house, the ground-floor ceilings are beamed, and there is an early 18th-century stone fireplace with a moulded stone mantelpiece. A carved and panelled court cupboard, dated 1672, was already in the house when the current owner purchased it in 1938. Due to the narrow doorways and small windows, the owner believes it has always been there, although it may have been moved from its original position. The interior of the barn features alterations dated and inscribed on a stone fireplace with the initials M.D. and R.V.D., indicating the year 1938 (Arthur Morley Dobson and Rose Virginia Dobson). Additionally, a reused 18th-century staircase with turned balusters and carved tread ends, along with inscribed 17th and 18th-century carved panelling, were salvaged from the demolished Grimes Hill in Sedbergh.