Barnclose House

Barnclose House is a house and farm complex in North Yorkshire, with origins likely dating back to the 17th century or earlier. It features later modifications from the late 18th century or early 19th century, which include heightening and extensions on both the left and right sides. The structure is built from sandstone rubble and has a pantile roof. Originally, it was a three-room cruck-frame house with a fireplace located at the left gable end and a direct entry into the central room. An additional barn now occupies the space where the right end room was demolished.

When a room and cartshed were added to the left, the entrance was relocated to its current position opposite the fireplace. The building has two storeys and five first-floor windows, with the central three belonging to the house. The front features a boarded door, one two-light Yorkshire sash window to the left, and two to the right, along with a blocked doorway between the right-hand windows. The cartshed has an elliptical brick arch with a casement window to the left, set beneath a stone lintel with herringbone tooling. The barn includes a stable door at the extreme right. On the first floor, there are two-light Yorkshire sashes for the house and fixed windows for the cartshed and barn.

Inside, there is a cruck truss with a saddle, collar, and wall pegs embedded in the wall between the house and barn. The central room features a chamfered bressumer that shows the housing for a former heck, with its position also visible on the stone flag floor. There is a fire-window in the rear wall. The cow shed at the extreme right is not considered of special interest.