Description

FARMINGTON -
SP 11 SW
3/39 Barn adjoining Empshill Farmhouse
GV II

Barn and adjoining outbuildings. Mid-late C18 with later
extensions. Limestone rubble with dressed stone quoins, stone
slate roof. Rectangular plan with projecting porch on east.
Formerly open-fronted store with loft over to right. Open-fronted
store runs away rear right. Double-doored entrance to barn off-
centre left with gabled porch in wall opposite. Two ventilation
slits with dressed stone surrounds right. Barn interior; 4 bays
with original collar and tie beam trusses with staggered purlins.
Ramped walk-way up to plank door to loft over former open-fronted
store to right. Ground floor formerly comprised two open bays
with timber lintels (now blocked), doorway and casement inserted in
blocking. Plank door with slatted upper half left. Single-
storey open-fronted store with open-fronted bays, divided by square
ashlar columns runs away rear right. Pointed finial at right
gable end of formerly open-fronted store adjoining barn.
Buildings comprise an important part in a farm group (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SP1412614686

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26382894

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)