Barn And Carshed Approximately 20 Metres North-West Of Scow Cottage

NORWOOD BRAT LANE SE 25 SW (north side, off) 7/77 Barn and cartshed approximately 20 metres north-west of Scow cottage 22.11.66 (formerly listed with Scow Cottage and outbuildings) GV II

Barn and cart-shed. Barn early C19, cart-shed C17 with C19 alterations. Coursed squared gritstone, graduated stone slate roofs. Barn of 4 bays, cart-shed of 3 bays and half the barn width. Barn: double board doors to cart entrance bay 2, quoined jambs and segmental arch, with plaque above, with incised decoration of arches and cross hatching. Byre door bay 1 has tie-stone jambs and mucking-out window to left; bay 3 - possible byre door reduced to window and a square window bay 4, both with plain stone surrounds. Upper storey, bays 1 and 4: square pitching doors in plain surrounds have sills lowered to make full-height doorways. Bulbous kneelers heightened by additional stone course, gable copings. Left return: external steps to board door with tie-stone jambs; row of 3 slit vents with round heads in stone surrounds; square window in gable. Much of the stone work is decorated with incised cross-hatching and semicircles. Cart-shed to left: ground floor has 3 inserted cart entrances with wooden lintels supported on 2 stone pillars, that to right of rusticated masonry with projecting band. Upper floor: 3 round arched vents with chamfered surrounds, single block jambs and lintels. Left vent has stone blocking and projecting ledge below to form a pigeon entrance. Small round arched opening with projecting stone sill far right. Left return: straight flight of stone steps to door to upper floor with deep chamfer to quoined jambs and cambered arch to lintel. Interior: cart-shed: 2 queen-strut trusses. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SE2001952170