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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26378119

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