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Threshing barn to east of Forest Lodge Farmhouse, and barn attached

A Grade II Listed Building in Danby, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.4513 / 54°27'4"N

Longitude: -0.9444 / 0°56'39"W

OS Eastings: 468544

OS Northings: 506729

OS Grid: NZ685067

Mapcode National: GBR PJVZ.B2

Mapcode Global: WHF8V.GCJW

Plus Code: 9C6XF324+G7

Entry Name: Threshing barn to east of Forest Lodge Farmhouse, and barn attached

Listing Date: 20 December 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1148597

English Heritage Legacy ID: 327948

ID on this website: 101148597

Location: North Yorkshire, YO21

County: North Yorkshire

District: Scarborough

Civil Parish: Danby

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Danby with Castleton and Commondale

Church of England Diocese: York

Tagged with: Agricultural structure

Description


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DANBY
DANBY DALE west side
Threshing barn to east of Forest Lodge Farmhouse, and barn attached

GV
II
Small threshing barn dated 1832 on lintel panel, with initials L.D. Taller barn attached on right dated 1863, L. Dale. Coursed, herringbone-tooled sandstone. Small barn roof pantiled, taller roof Welsh slate, both with stone copings and square kneelers. Threshing barn one and a half storeys, three narrow bays. Central opposed doors. Flanking slit vents; boarded pitching doors above slits.

Cross formed of black tiles in roof said to be holy sign to ward off evil. Right barn two storeys, two bays. Boarded door with dated lintel, one small blocked window and a boarded loft door.

Behind the threshing barn a circular raised stone platform for open- air horse-driven threshing machine.

The threshing barn is the earliest building of a series built between 1832 and 1867 by Leonard Dale, gradually building up a complete planned farm around a handsomely-paved sloping yard.

Listing NGR: NZ6854406729

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