Description

NY 10 SW IRTON WITH SANTON

14/42 Barn & gin-gang to south-east of Hall Santon farmhouse

G.V. II

Large ramp barn, incorporating byres and dovecote, with adjoining gin-gang. Barn dated 1847, with initials I. & G.E., on lintel to central byre door; gin-gang probably slightly later. Snecked rubble with rough-dressed sandstone details; chamfered eaves to barn. Graduated slate roofs (gin-gang part Welsh slate); barn has stone ridge with 2 vents. Barn 2½ storeys, 5 bays with full-height wing adjoining to rear at north end; tall gin-gang, semicircular in plan, projects from north side of wing. 3 plank doors to ground floor on west elevation; central and left hand doors have window to either side. 2 loft doors above with 12 dovecote holes between (3 x 4); 4 vent-slits under eaves imitate medieval loop-lights. Trefoil owl-holes in gables. Ramp entrance to rear. Gin-gang has tall entrance at junction with wing; openings around circumference are blocked.

Listing NGR: NY1016601304

External Links

• Wikidata Q26378119

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)