Barn, Later Coach-House And Stables Approximately 20 Metres South Of Weston Hall

WESTON WESTON PARK SE 14 NE 10/100 Barn, later coach-house and stables approximately 20 metres south of Weston Hall 22.11.66 (formerly listed as stable building south- west of Weston Hall) GV II *

Barn. C16 or earlier, probably cased in stone in C17 and adapted to stables and coach-house use in mid C18. Timber-framed, with outer walls of coursed squared gritstone and graduated stone slate roof. 5 bays and double aisled. Quoins. Double board doors to east entrance bay 2, lintel raised above eaves level on 2 side walls which form an internal porch. Bay 1: inserted double board doors; narrow window in plain surround to left. Bay 3: 2-panel door in tie-stone surround, square window with ventilators to left; bay 4: 2-panel door with segmental-arched lintel and chamfered quoined jambs, 2-light mullion window left. Shaped kneelers, gable copings. Right return (south): left aisle 6-panel door with chamfered jamb stones and blind fanlight with keystone, the door lintel raised. Windows flanking door and to right of centre are chamfered, probably former 2-light windows. First floor: central pitching door with wooden lintel flanked by 2-light recessed chamfered mullion windows. Interior: 4 king-post trusses with curved principals supported by aisle posts with curved braces. Further braces to the arcade plates which are composed of short timbers connected by scarfed joints. The aisle posts stand on stone blocks and horizontal aisle ties support the curved principal rafters of the aisles. The north truss is closed above the tie beam with closely spaced vertical studs. The southern 2 bays are divided off by a stone cross wall; interior of southern 2 bays not inspected at resurvey but reported to contain C18 or early C19 loose boxes and stalls. The arcade plate opposite the cart entrance has 2 wooden pulleys, probably used to lift the carriages off their springs. North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report No 698 (1980).

Listing NGR: SE1776846677