| Description | Barn at Raw Pickle Farm, Warley. Mid 18th century barn with later additions.
'Probably mid C18, some rebuilding and re roofed 1830. Coursed squared stone, stone slate roof. 2 bays. Long quoins. Cart entry on left has long quoins and probably rebuilt segmental arch. To its right a chamfered quoined doorway with C19 window to left and a 3 light flat faced mullion window above. A similar doorway at lower level to right end. Plain gutter brackets.
Rear: opposing cart entry; chamfered slit vents to left. Interior: 2 strutted queen post roof trusses, the tie beam of one incised 'Rebuilt 1830', some reused older purlins'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 19/07/1988. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1300519. Web site accessed 24/01/2014).
The barn at Raw Pickle Farm was the subject of a planning application in 2004 for 'Conversion and alterations to existing barn to form two dwellings (Listed Building Consent)' (Calderdale Council planning reference number 04/02147/LBC). The architect’s plans associated with this application have been retained by WYAAS (Deakin Designs Associates. 2003). Helen Gomersal (WYAAS) made an archaeological assessment of the barn in 2004 as a response to this planning application. Gomersal observed the inscription 'Rebuilt 1830' stencilled on the queen post truss of the third bay. The majority of the building appear to be of the early 19th century. A break in the masonry indicated that the south corner, the lower half of the stable were part of an earlier, possibly 18th century barn. The barn was entirely isolated from its historic context as the farm had been replaced by cottages probably in the 1950s. Gomersal recommended building recording prior to conversion (Gomersal, H. (WYAAS). 2004).
WYAAS archives holds a set of photographic images in the digital image archive which may be associated with this event (Unknown provenance. \\WYJS HER FS01\HERPhotos\Warley\PRN 13193. Raw Pickle Barn. SE 05163 24174).
An historic drawn, written and photographic building survey of the barn was undertaken by the AOC Archaeology Group in 2007 as a response to the 2004 planning application.
The report describes the barn as 18th century with some 19th century re construction. The barn is of square coursed sandstone with large quoins. It has a slate roof which was re constructed in 1830. The design of the building suggests an 18th century origin. The reused stone occurring as quoins at the north extent of the west elevation suggests there was an earlier building on site. At the time the barn was re roofed alterations were made to the arches of the cart entrance with dressed stone being introduced.
The barn was originally a threshing barn with many of the original features surviving in situ. The hay would have been brought through one of the opposing cart entrances and threshed on the stone flagged floor which, at the time of survey, was also in situ. Threshed hay would have been stored in the loft areas over the mistal. The barn was also used as a mistal at its southern end. This area also retains original features including the partitions, drainage channel and muck hole in the southern elevation. The mistals seems to have been a later function of the barn suggested by the concrete floors and the lack of an opposing door in the east elevation.
The report provides a detailed building description.
(AOC Archaeology Group. 2007. 'Historic building report of Raw Pickle Barn, Sowerby').
Barn appears to be in use as a dwelling (https://maps.google.com/. Web site accessed 24/01/2014). |