Farmbuildings Situated 30 Metres North North West Of Birdoswald Farmhouse Or Tenement

NY 66 NW WATERHEAD BIRDOSWALD

27/105 Farmbuildings situated 30 metres NNW of Birdoswald Farmhouse or Tenement

GV II

Farmbuildings (hay-storage barn, byre, stabling and tack-room, pig sties and ashhouse) built around small yard. Probably C1858. Coursed rubble masonry with Welsh slate gable-end roofs. One and two storeys. This group forms part of a larger farmstead of which the roadside range and buildings converted to use as the exhibition centre and shop are not listed. S range; (from E) ash house with planked door and small opening to deposit ash; tack room with planked door and casement window; cart shed with double planked doors with strap hinge under flat wooden lintel. W range: storage room approached from S by external stone stairs and 'stable-type' door over stable proper, entered from S by large stone elliptically headed arched doorway. To the N of this, the byre with 2 elliptical stone arched entrances facing the yard. N range: barn, with two openings facing yard, elliptical headed archways, the sills set high, and used for hay storage. Large vehicular entrance to E. E range (closing the yard): 2 pig sties, planked doors with strap hinges, and blocked swill holes. Roofs: generally sawn timber, but to the byre, a much rougher side-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: NY6147866314