Barn At Well Bank Farm

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 November 2024 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards.

SK29NW 3/121

BRADFIELD MIDHOPE LANE Well Bank House Cruck Barn

(formerly listed as Barn at Well Bank Farm, previously listed as Cruck Barn at Wellbank Farm, UPPER MIDHOPE)

8/2/83

GV II Barn. Probably C17. Cruck-framed, coursed gritstone rubble, stone slate roof. Single storey with partial loft over cowhouse. Five bays, outshut to rear projecting beyond right gable. Central boarded cart door in quoined reveals. To left: blocked doorway beneath large gritstone lintel, flanking slit vents. To right: cowhouse door in square-faced stone surround with casement window to its left; blocked slit vents in rough stone surrounds. Right return: doorway with gritstone surround to left, another door into outshut, square opening to loft.

Interior: stone paved threshing floor. Well preserved cruck framework with four cruck pairs visible, two other cruck frames may be built into end walls. Wall posts set on ruck blades adjacent to central bay, wall ties, purlin ties, curved wind braces to single purlins, diagonal-set ridge.

Listing NGR: SK2170999640