Barn Approxiamately 500 Metres West Of Bailey Hall

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SD 63 NE AIGHTON, BAILEY & CHAIGLEY

8/164 Barn approx. 500 metres west of Bailey Hall

GV II

Cruck barn, possibly C16th, with walls of sandstone rubble probably C19th, and with slate roof. East wall has a wide entrance with plain reveals and timber lintels. To the left are 2 windows with plain reveals, each having a pitching hole with plain stone surround above. To the left of each window is a door with plain stone surround, with a 3rd similar door at the left.

To the right of the main entrance is a window with plain reveals, having a pitching hole with plain stone surround above, and a door with plain stone surround to its left. At the north is a shippon with 3 doors with plain stone surrounds in its north gable. Inside there are 3 cruck trusses on stone pads. The blades are not joined at the apex, but are held together by a collar. They have outriders, and spurs which once supported principal posts. To the north is a roof truss with tie beam, king post, and principal rafters. At the north and south ends are soft wood hay lofts over later shippons.



Listing NGR: SD6777537293

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0738 IOE Records taken by K Foster; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr K. Foster. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project