Barn Adjoining Hollin Hill Farmhouse To East

SEDBERGH

SD6792 BUCKBANK LANE, Soolbank 162-1/18/437 (North side) 14/06/84 Barn adjoining Hollin Hill Farmhouse to east (Formerly Listed as: SOOLBANK Barn adjoining Hollin Hill to east)

GV II

Bank barn. Probably early to mid C18. Coursed blue ragstone rubble with some sandstone, partly in graduated courses, with sandstone quoins, stone slate roof. L-plan formed by 7-bay main range on north-west/south-east axis with short 3-bay west wing linking to east gable of house; shippon under the first 5 bays of the main range. EXTERIOR: the south front, formed by this wing and the slightly higher gable of the main range to the right, has through-stones on 3 levels (4 to the gabled portion), a small porch abutting the house to the left, 3 small windows to the right of this, a loading doorway above the 3rd of these, a square-headed shippon doorway in the centre of the gabled portion, 2 rows of regularly-disposed slit breathers alternating with square holes, 2 stone slate bands in the gable and a row of 4 pigeon holes over the upper of these. The right-hand (north) side wall of the main range, with through-stones on 2 levels, a stone slate drip-course above, and slit breathers on 3 levels, has a row of 6 small 1-light windows to the shippon, and a segmental-headed wagon doorway to the 6th bay, with rubble voussoirs. Rear: lean-to porch and cart-shed attached to portion adjoining house, low lean-to porch to wagon doorway opposed to the other. INTERIOR: stone threshing floor between wagon doorways; raised wooden floor over shippon; C18 collar-trussed roof to main range; large C19 truss at junction with side wing, which abuts gable wall of house (with corbelled chimney). Forms group with Hollin Hill Farmhouse (qv).

Listing NGR: SD6746292889