Description

PARISH OF HOLMESFIELD UNTHANK LANE
SK 37 NW
5/168
31.1.67 Outbuilding to the
south-west of Unthank
Hall (formerly listed as
Barns and Outbuildings
to Unthank Hall
GV II*
Farm outbuilding, formerly threshing barn. Early C17, with
later additions. Thinly bedded coal measures sandstone on a
rough plinth of larger stones, with plain gables and a stone
slate roof covering. Single storey with overlofts, six bays,
that to the north end an addition. West elevation. Off-centre
full height doorway with quoined surround, and plain planked
harr-doors. To the north, two wide rectangular openings with
massive chamfered cills, now infilled with vertically set
flagstones. Two doorways, one with boarded door with a
rectangular light beneath a plain stone lintel, the other
beneath a wooden lintel. Interior. Five massive cruck trusses
with tie and collar beams, and a yoke which carries a ridge
purlin. Single purlins, with scarf joints notched into the
backs of the cruck blades. Straight wind braces to one side of
each truss. On the east side of the building, the padstones on
which the trusses rest project from the wall base.

Listing NGR: SK3067876042

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546324

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