Barn Immediately To Rear Of Sowerby Hall Farmhouse

The barn located immediately behind Sowerby Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building, dating from the late 16th to early 17th century, with later additions. It is constructed of red sandstone rubble and features a graduated slate roof. The barn is tall and single-storey, comprising seven bays, with additions on the east side that flank a central waggon entrance. The west side has a stone buttress to the right of another addition, which encloses a blocked archway opposite the waggon entrance. There are also blocked slit vents and a steeply-pitched roof.

Inside, the barn boasts an exceptionally complete raised-cruck roof structure, consisting of six pairs of crucks with tie beams set on knee braces and collars on arch braces. It has double purlins with curved windbraces, oak rafters, and a diagonally-set ridge. Historical maps indicate that the barn once served Sowerby Hall, which was located to the north-west but was demolished between 1873 and 1895, around the time when the new farmhouse was built adjacent to the barn.