Barn Approximately 30 Metres North West Of Scotton Old Hall

Barn. Dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, it is located approximately 30 metres north west of Scotton Old Hall. The barn is constructed of coursed squared rubble with a graduated stone slate roof. It is a single-storey, 10-bay structure with a rear outshut. Quoins are present. A central cart entrance features chamfered, quoined jambs and a raised segmental arch. A byre door is situated to the left, also with similar jambs and a monolithic segmental lintel. Two inserted square windows are to the left of the byre door, followed by a square loading doorway. Above this doorway is a large lintel flanked by a row of seven pigeon holes on the left and ten on the right. To the right of the cart entrance are three rows of slit vents; an inserted doorway is far right, and an original loading door with a sandstone surround is positioned above, also flanked by pigeon holes. A double set of doors are positioned on the rear elevation, set back from the outshut line, which is interrupted to the left by a large gabled wheelhouse with square openings and a pantile roof. A blocked doorway and two six-pane windows are present to the right of the rear elevation. The left return features an owl hole in the gable apex. The right return has chamfered jambs and a flat lintel to a first-floor doorway, and four rows of slit vents. An attached shed is not of special interest. Inside, two rear aisle posts remain at the north end, braced to large cross beams that rest on the top of the east wall and support a queen-post roof. The remainder of the aisle posts were removed when a stone wall was inserted, but the wallplate remains. The slit vents on the north and east walls are single and splayed. The north end of the barn appears largely unaltered since the 17th century, while the southern half has been divided along the line of the outshut, suggesting a separation of byre or stabling. The building is recorded in an indenture from 1727 between Sir Henry Slingsby and Edmund Whitehead, concerning the letting of the Chantry House, barn, and stable. This suggests the barn had been let in two portions—one possibly with the Hall and one with the Chantry House. A typescript record by T Waterer, c1928, references this historical context, and is held at Harrogate Public Library.