Garsdale Hall And Attached Barn To East

A farmhouse, or a farmhouse and cottage with an attached barn, likely dating from the late 17th or early 18th century. It was altered in the 19th and 20th centuries and is now derelict, with internal renovation seemingly suspended. The building is constructed of roughly coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, with the front retaining traces of whitewash. It has a stone slate roof on two levels.

The building’s plan is linear, running east to west and facing south, consisting of a single-depth, two-unit house with a central rear extension, a one-unit cottage or extension at the east end, and a barn that continues to the east. The front of the house has two storeys and an irregular vertical joint with quoins defining a three-window range which is slightly higher. A square-headed doorway is centrally positioned, flanked by the side walls of a former gabled porch. There are damaged six-pane sash windows to the left on both floors, while the right side features rectangular fixed windows with 24 and 16 panes at ground floor, and two offset six-pane sashes above. Square gable chimneys are present, along with a small ridged chimney offset to the left.

The lower two-window portion to the right has a continuous stone slate drip-course over the ground floor. A wide doorway is located at the junction with the barn, featuring a massive lintel, while a 4-pane top-hung casement sits at ground floor. There are traces of a blocked round-headed window to the right of this, and two square six-pane windows above (one sashed and one fixed). The five-bay barn has through-stones, a blocked doorway abutting the cottage, a flight of steps with doorways above and below, a square-headed wagon doorway in the centre, and a small square window to the right, with two slit breathers above. The rear of the house features a wing with two 16-pane fixed windows and a 24-pane stair-window.

Inside, the house shows signs of remodelling; a lateral beam, likely a smokehood bressumer, is visible in the cottage. The barn has pegged principal-rafter roof trusses. The building forms a group with a former cottage/coach-house opposite and with a barn to the southwest.