Barn And Cottage Attached To West End Of High Birks Farmhouse

This building is a bank barn and cottage, likely built in the early 19th century, and has been altered over time. It features mixed random rubble construction with quoins, and the cottage is white-washed. The roof is made of stone slate and is set on two levels. The structure has a linear plan oriented east-west, with the barn consisting of four structural bays and the cottage having one bay at its right-hand end, attached to the west gable of High Birks Farmhouse.

The exterior of the barn has two very unequal storeys, with a low shippon forming the ground floor at the front and a much taller upper floor accessed from higher ground at the rear. There are four doorways leading to the shippon, with a small window at the right-hand end. On the left end, there is a doorway with a stone lintel and a slate-course run out to the right. Another doorway, offset left of centre, also has a stone lintel, while a pair of doorways with rubble voussoirs is found offset right of centre. To the right of these doorways is a small square window with a stone lintel. Above the second doorway, there is a loading door. The rear of the barn features a wagon doorway with a pair of 19th-century harr-hung doors. Inside, the barn retains original boskins in the shippon and three 19th-century roof trusses.

The attached cottage has two low storeys and one window. It includes a doorway at the junction with the barn and one six-pane sashed window on each floor to the right. The interior has not been inspected. This building forms a group with High Birks Farmhouse.