Description

SEDBERGH

SD6792 BUCKBANK LANE, Soolbank
162-1/18/437 (North side)
14/06/84 Barn adjoining Hollin Hill Farmhouse
to east
(Formerly Listed as:
SOOLBANK
Barn adjoining Hollin Hill to east)

GV II

Bank barn. Probably early to mid C18. Coursed blue ragstone
rubble with some sandstone, partly in graduated courses, with
sandstone quoins, stone slate roof. L-plan formed by 7-bay
main range on north-west/south-east axis with short 3-bay west
wing linking to east gable of house; shippon under the first 5
bays of the main range.
EXTERIOR: the south front, formed by this wing and the
slightly higher gable of the main range to the right, has
through-stones on 3 levels (4 to the gabled portion), a small
porch abutting the house to the left, 3 small windows to the
right of this, a loading doorway above the 3rd of these, a
square-headed shippon doorway in the centre of the gabled
portion, 2 rows of regularly-disposed slit breathers
alternating with square holes, 2 stone slate bands in the
gable and a row of 4 pigeon holes over the upper of these. The
right-hand (north) side wall of the main range, with
through-stones on 2 levels, a stone slate drip-course above,
and slit breathers on 3 levels, has a row of 6 small 1-light
windows to the shippon, and a segmental-headed wagon doorway
to the 6th bay, with rubble voussoirs. Rear: lean-to porch and
cart-shed attached to portion adjoining house, low lean-to
porch to wagon doorway opposed to the other.
INTERIOR: stone threshing floor between wagon doorways; raised
wooden floor over shippon; C18 collar-trussed roof to main
range; large C19 truss at junction with side wing, which abuts
gable wall of house (with corbelled chimney).
Forms group with Hollin Hill Farmhouse (qv).

Listing NGR: SD6746292889

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663920

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings