Description

BEDLINGTON BARRINGTON ROAD
NZ 28 SE NZ 268834 (North side)
Sleekburn

5/52 Farmbuildings to
north-east of
Sleekburn Cottage
Farmhouse
GV II

Planned farmbuildings on foldyard plan, c.1800. Squared stone with cut dressings;
Welsh slate roofs except for asbestos sheets on north end of west range and west
end of north range. Ranges around yard opening to south.

North range single-storeyed except for 2-storey central barn. Barn has doorway
flanked by Gothick windows, that on left retaining original head with intersecting
glazing bars; 5 slatted windows above; coped gables. At either side, shelter
shed with 3-bay segmental arcade. Single-storey east range has segmental-arched
entry and boarded door; roof hipped to right. Single-storey west range has 3-bay
segmental arcade (right hand arch to passage through range) with 2 boarded doors
and small casement window to right; left end, with altered openings, is now part
of adjacent farmhouse (q.v.).

Rear elevation of barn shows cart entrance with timber lintel, and blocked
opening for drive shaft of former gingang. Rear elevation of east range shows
boarded double doors under timber lintel, 3-bay segmental arcade, 2 boarded doors
and 3 part-slatted windows.

Some arches of arcades blocked in stone or brick, with later openings in
blocking.

Despite some alterations,an unusual example of a smaller planned farm of c.1800;
part of the estate of Bishop Shute Barrington of Durham (1791-1826).

Later brick shed on south of yard and altered range in centre of yard are not
of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ2679883401

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26652564

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990