Description

DACRE MAIN STREET SE 16 SE (east side, off)

8/46 Barn and attached hay barn approximately 5 metres north-east of Pyefield House

GV II

Barn and attached hay barn. Barn dated 1828, hay barn possibly earlier. For William Skaife. Coursed squared gritstone, graduated stone slate roof. Barn of 3 bays, with l-bay extension to east, hay barn of 3 bays and built parallel to and behind the barn. Barn, south side (to yard): central double doors with splayed voussoirs; keystone with inscription, 'WS 1828'. Flanking byre doors: to left with tie-stone jambs, to right with quoined jambs. Shaped. kneelers and gable coping. Additional bay to right: cart entrance with splayed voussoirs, small-paned side-sliding sash window above. Range projecting at right angles not of special interest. Rear: outshut behind bays 1 and 2, doorway opposite cart entrance. Hay barn: south east corner is built into the rear outshut of the barn. Solid end walls, the east wall pierced by a later or enlarged cart entrance. 2 pairs of rubble- built tapering pillars between end walls. Shaped kneelers, gable coping. Interior: barn has 4 queen-post trusses, hay barn, 2 queen-post trusses. The hay barn of Dutch barn type but with a fixed roof was being adopted by farmers in the early C19 throughout the country. Few have survived from this date. N Harvey, A History of Farm Buildings in England and Wales, 1970, p 106.

Listing NGR: SE1996360338

External Links

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