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Knocknalling Barn

A Category A Listed Building in Dee and Glenkens, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.138 / 55°8'16"N

Longitude: -4.2033 / 4°12'12"W

OS Eastings: 259645

OS Northings: 584846

OS Grid: NX596848

Mapcode National: GBR 4T.LJJK

Mapcode Global: WH4TX.D3NY

Plus Code: 9C7Q4QQW+6M

Entry Name: Knocknalling Barn

Listing Name: Knocknalling Barn

Listing Date: 4 November 1971

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 342054

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB9746

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200342054

Location: Kells

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Dee and Glenkens

Parish: Kells

Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire

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Description

Probably of mid 19th century construction. Very fine
rectangular hay and winnowing barn perforated throughout bay
rows of regularly spaced triangular vents. Rubble walling
with squared quoins, thick slates forming the triangular
vents, slate roofs. S portion of barn built up on foundation
of earlier building.
To E and W walls; near full-height depressed-arch
rough-voussoired openings, that to W now blocked. To gable
walls, pointed-arch dovecot openings with timber doors, to S
with 4 flight holes.

Statement of Interest

Knocknalling barn is remarkable for the generous provision of

triangular ventilators to all sides, few similar examples are

known to exist. B group with Knocknalling House and

Knocknalling Stableyard.

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