The Barn, Lower North Park Farm

The Barn is a large, 18th-century barn situated at Lower North Park Farm. It is constructed of local sandstone, with an oak timber frame and a tiled roof, and is externally clad in weatherboarding.

The barn comprises eight bays, with a later lean-to extension added to the south end. The original south end wall is built of substantial sandstone blocks. Stone plinths are visible on the north-west and south-east elevations, with some later brick replacement patches, and brick is also used on the north-east elevation. The north-west and south-east elevations feature paired opposing double doors, two bays from the north end, and two further openings towards the south end. It is thought that a further pair of opposing double doors originally existed in the south of the building. Two multi-paned glazed windows have been inserted into the south-east elevation, and roof lights illuminate the bays in the north-west aisle.

Internally, the barn has an aisled west side with timber partitions dividing the bays. The original massive oak frame was formerly supported on a stone plinth to the south-east and on stone post-pads to the north-west, creating the aisle; most of these supports have since been replaced with brick or concrete. The original frame incorporates large jowled posts, chamfered tie-beams with braces, and raking trusses. Notably, there is no collar or ridge piece, although a later modification introduced a ridge piece. Two of the trusses incorporate crown and queen struts to a collar rather than raking trusses. Three areas of brick flooring are present in the south of the barn, one using narrow, likely original bricks. The southern bay of the original barn has been sub-divided into stables/stalls, with a further stall in the adjacent bay to the north-west. A hayloft has been inserted above one of the centre bays, and a late 19th–early 20th-century extension, containing a copper, is located to the north-west. The purpose of this copper is unclear but may have been used for laundry by the occupants of the adjacent farmhouse, which was built at the same time.