Barn And Cattle Shelter Range Approximately 5 Metres North Of Skaife Hall Farmhouse

FEWSTON HARDISTY HILL SE 15 NE (west side, off) Blubberhouses 2/38 Barn and cattle shelter range approximately 5 metres north of Skaife Hall Farmhouse GV II

Barn and cattle shelter range. c1820. Coursed squared gritstone, ashlar dressings, corrugated asbestos roof. L-shaped range: 9-bay, 2-storey south- facing range with 2-bay barn attached to right. Main range: ground floor formerly an open arcade of a round arches with impost bands, left bay obscured by later low range, not of special interest. The inner face of each pier has 3 notches to left and 3 slots to right to take wooden bars and the left jamb stone to each arch is marked I to VII in incised Roman lettering. A circular pitching eye over each arch; moulded stone gutter brackets. Barn, south gable: circular opening ground floor right; left return: central board door with tie-stone jambs, circular opening above and square window to left. This range of farmbuildings is a type which was developed on model farms in the late C18 and early C19, the cattle being brought into sheltered aaccommodation with storage for hay above, next to the yard. N Harvey, A History of Farm Buildings, 1970, p 115.

Listing NGR: SE1672155838