Barn And Byre To East Of Hardcastle House

THORPE MAIN STREET SE 006l-0161 (east side, off) Barn and byre to east 14/94 of Hardcastle House 10.9.54 GV II

Barn and byre. Early - mid C17 with alterations probably 1825. Large square gritstone blocks and rubble, remains of graduated stone slate roof. 2 bays, left bay having a projecting cart porch, the narrower right bay formerly storeyed. Massive quoins. Double board doors to cart entrance, the opening composed of flanking corbelled wall-ends, a left block incised "l825"; a wooden lintel rests on top of the stonework above the corbels and is protected by 3 projecting stone slabs forming a crude dripmould; above the dripmould a 3-part lintel, possibly always in 3 pieces. Byre door right: the right jamb quoined and tied in with the building quoins; the lintel chamfered; the loft jamb rebuilt with a single thin stone, widening the opening. A massive stone block and projecting drip-stone slab to left of the byre door, built up below with rubble and mortar blocking. 2 small square vent holes to upper floor and a square window opening below former eaves line. Rear: to right of centre; a large crudely cut lintel to a probable former doorway, now window; concrete surround to window (possibly former byre door) to far left. Interior: the roof, lofting and inner wall linings collapsed at time of resurvey. A recess in gable wall to right of byre entrance, possibly a blocked doorway, or a cupboard recess. Concrete byre stalls to right end, walls plastered and limewashed. The dangerous condition made detailed investigation impossible. An unusually small barn, using massive and crudely worked materials; the cart entrance corbelling is found in other early barns in the area, and uses the structural techniques as earlier fireplaces.

Listing NGR: SE0130761839