Pair Of Interlinked Barns Approximately 5 Metres South East Of Gap Farmhouse

DENT

SD69SE DENTDALE 162-1/6/68 (North side) 14/06/84 Pair of inter-linked barns approx. 5m south-east of Gap Farmhouse (Formerly Listed as: DENTDALE Gap and Barn to south-east)

GV II

Inter-linked pair of bank barns. Probably C18 and earlier C19. Mixed random rubble, part slobbered, with quoins and some through-stones; stone slate roofs. L-plan: the earlier barn of 3 narrow bays on a north-south axis, facing west, and the later attached at right-angles to its north-east corner, 4 bays, facing south. The west-facing range has a segmental-headed wagon doorway in the centre under a prominent porch coupled with an outshut to the left, all under a carried-down roof. The other barn, built parallel to the slope, is 2-storeyed with a hay-barn over shippons: the south front has 3 shippon doorways with large monolith lintels, a wider doorway to a loose-box at the east end with a wooden lintel, and a square loading doorway in the centre of the upper floor. The rear has a full-height wagon doorway to the 2nd bay. INTERIOR: not inspected. Forms group with Gap Farmhouse (qv). Similar in plan and phasing to barns at Burton Hill (qv) and Hewthwaite (qv).

Listing NGR: SD6672990027