Barn And Cowhouse On North Side Of Farmyard At The Farmstead

SE 16 SE BEWERLEY BEWERLEY 8/85 Barn and cowhouse on north side of farmyard at the Farmstead

GV II

Barn and cowhouse. Dated 'IY 1870'. for the Yorke family of Bewerley Hall. Deeply-coursed, dressed sandstone with ashlar dressings; graduated Welsh slate roof. U-shaped plan : 2 storeys with cowhouse in undercroft beneath 11-bay hay barn having south-facing wings at each end. South side (facing farmyard) has a raised arcade of 5 bays with tapered, square columns, impost stores and round arches; beneath the arcade are recesses with slatted casements lighting the undercroft; to each side are wide boarded doors. Wing on left is pierced by a large, square headed cart entrance with shouldered stone lintel; above is a casement with glazing bars and pigeon holes. Wing on right has 3 segmental archways (that to right blocked) beneath casement and door in quoined surround. Hipped roof but with gabled end to barn on right return. Rear of barn : 4 segmentally-arched openings, those to right set higher; 2 rows of slit vents; arched feeding-passage opening. Left return 'IY/1870' on lintel of cart entrance. Interior : the door to right of barn arcade gives access to a feeding passage off which are openings into the vaulted cowhouse. Most impressive element of planned home farm formerly serving Bewerley Hall.

Listing NGR: SE1641864544