Description

NZ 60 NE DANBY DANBY DALE
West side

6/30 Threshing barn to
east of Forest
Lodge Farmhouse,
and barn attached
GV II

Small threshing barn dated 1832 on lintel panel, with initials L.D.
Taller barn attached on right dated 1863, L. Dale. Coursed,
herringbone-tooled sandstone. Small barn roof pantiled, taller
roof Welsh slate, both with stone copings and square kneelers.
Threshing barn 1½ storeys, 3 narrow bays. Central opposed doors.
Flanking slit vents; boarded pitching doors above slits. Cross
formed of black tiles in roof said to be holy sign to ward off evil.
Right bar 2 storeys, 2 bays. Boarded door with dated lintel, one
small blocked window and a boarded loft door.

Behind the threshing barn a circular raised stone platform for open-
air horse-driven threshing machine.

The threshing barn is the earliest building of a series built
between 1832 and 1867 by Leonard Dale, gradually building up a
complete planned farm around a handsomely-paved sloping yard.

Listing NGR: NZ6854406729

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26441528

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014