BARN AT SD 9813 6744

This barn, located in Conistone, is probably from the early 18th century and was altered in the 19th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble and has a graduated stone slate roof. The barn consists of three bays, with the end bays featuring outshuts on either side of a central cart entrance, which creates a porch under a catslide roof. The building has quoins, and the cart entrance is fitted with double board doors that have strap hinges, set beneath a massive single block lintel, which is broken at the time of resurvey. The porch has quoined jambs and a slim wooden lintel, with board doors that open into rooms in the outshuts. There is a blocked square opening near the ground level in the third bay.

On the rear side, there is a central board door with a row of pigeon holes to the left, and the right bay projects slightly. The left return features a board door positioned to the right of centre with chamfered quoins and a shallow-arched lintel, along with a narrow door with a slight lintel and a square pitching door above it to the right. A square window is inserted in the centre, with a mucking out hole to the far left. The gable has three rows of pigeon holes with a projecting stone sill below the lower row, and there are random projecting through stones and four small vents or scaffold holes. The interior was not inspected during the resurvey.

Historically, the rebuilding of wooden houses in the mid to late 17th century was followed by a period of enclosure and rebuilding of laithes in this area during the early 18th century. This barn originally had a central threshing floor and storage area, a large space for hay and straw, and likely stalls for cattle at the left end, while the outshuts were used as calf-pens. The increase in the size of farm wagons and the variety of machinery in the 19th century led to the raising of the cart entrance and the eaves of the building. The barn is included for its group value.