Description

BRINKBURN B 6344
NU 00 SE
(North side, off)
4/66 South part of
west farmbuilding
range at Healey
II

Barn, pigsty/henhouse and gingang. Early C19 except for mid-C19 gingang.
Squared rubble with tooled-and-margined quoins,except for rock-faced gingang;
Welsh slate roofs. Barn with gingang on west side and pigsty/henhouse to
south.

East elevation: Barn, partly behind C20 covered yard, shows doorway in
chamfered alternating-block surround with slit vent to left and part-slatted
window to right. Lower pigsty/henhouse to left has pent extension, produced
by roofing over twin exercise yards, with 2 boarded doors; original sty
entrances within have monolith segmental-arched lintels, and part-slatted
window above. Coped gables. Left return shows external stone stair to
boarded door in chamfered alternating-block surround.

West elevation: Barn shows boarded door in chamfered alternating-block
surround, and slit vent to right of circular gingang with 5 double-stepped
piers and conical roof. Pigsty/henhouse to right shows henhole above
chamfered stone shelf.

Interior. Gingang shows massive cross beam on larger north and south piers;
separate roof structure has radial tie beams to central post with struts
to principals, and 2 levels of curved purlins. Henhouse above pigsty is
lined with stone nesting boxes.

Listing NGR: NU0957800678

Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)