| Description | An application for conversion of the barn into a dwelling was granted in 2004 (ref: 04/9957570E). The following notes were made during a site visit of that same year:
These (buildings) date back to approximately the mid nineteenth century and are typical of the brick built barns and byres of the period with solid brick walls supporting slate roofs onto timber truss and rafter construction.
The large barn to the northwest has two large openings together with a series of narrow ventilation slits on the north west and south east elevations. The upper floors of the large barn have been removed.
The original roof covering of natural slate remains only on the north west elevation facing The Green, having been replaced at some time by sheet material. It is possible that the lower byre roofs were covered in either blue slate or red, clay pantiles when originally built.
The byre brickwork columns have largely been replaced with new columns, but they, nevertheless, maintain the original form of the byres.
There is a newer, two storey building facing south west constructed in a smooth, hard brick with a slate pitched rood, which was built approximately at the end of the nineteenth century. This is in relatively good condition. This building was constructed more as a workshop than for housing animals or equipment.
The barn is shown on the OS Map of 1854.
A copy of the above information, including drawn plans, are held on file at the offices of West Yorkshire HER. |