Barn And Cottage Attached To West End Of High Birks Farmhouse

SEDBERGH

SD6591 BIRKS LANE 162-1/20/274 (North side) 14/06/84 Barn and cottage attached to west end of High Birks Farmhouse (Formerly Listed as: BIRKS LANE High Birks Farmhouse and Barn attached to west)

GV II

Bank barn and cottage. Probably earlier C19, in one build; altered. Mixed random rubble with quoins (the cottage white-washed), stone slate roof on 2 levels. Linear plan on east-west axis, the barn of 4 structural bays and the cottage of one bay at its right-hand end, attached to west gable of High Birks Farmhouse. EXTERIOR: the barn is 2 very unequal storeys, with a low shippon forming the ground floor to the front and the much taller upper floor approached from higher ground to the rear. It has 4 doorways to the shippon with a small window at the right-hand end: at the left end, a doorway with a stone lintel and a slate-course run out to the right, offset left of centre another doorway with a stone lintel, and offset right of centre a pair of doorways with rubble voussoirs, to the right of which is a small square window with a stone lintel. Above the 2nd doorway is a loading door. The rear has a wagon doorway with a pair of C19 harr-hung doors. The interior has original boskins in the shippon, and 3 C19 roof trusses in the barn. The attached cottage, 2 low storeys and one window, has a doorway adjoining the junction with the barn, and one 6-pane sashed window on each floor to the right. INTERIOR not inspected. Forms group with High Birks Farmhouse (qv).

Listing NGR: SD6511091454