Description

SKELMERSDALE

SD40NE ELMERS GREEN LANE
783-1/1/15 (West side (off))
25/06/73 Barn approximately 15 metres
north-east of Smith's Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
SKELMERSDALE AND HOLLAND
ELMERS GREEN LANE
Smith's Farmhouse and shippons to
north)

GV II

Barn, now offices, workshop, garage. Dated 1689 at 1st floor
of wing; altered and recently slightly enlarged. Coursed
sandstone rubble, slate roof. L-plan formed by a 3-bay main
range with a wing to west side of the south bay and an aisled
outshut to the other 2 bays. The east front has slit
breathers, and a waggon doorway in the centre (altered in
C20). The west wing is 2-storeyed and has a doorway near the
left corner, a restored 3-light mullioned window on each
floor, a datestone above the doorway inscribed: D/ IK/ 1689
and a similar 3-light mullioned window on each floor of the
gable wall, that at ground floor partly covered by external
steps to the loft doorway. (Recent one-bay addition at north
end, in matching style.) INTERIOR: timber-framed partitions
with kingpost roof trusses; timber aisle post.

Listing NGR: SD4960206713

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514180

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)