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Latitude: 53.5568 / 53°33'24"N
Longitude: -2.7293 / 2°43'45"W
OS Eastings: 351784
OS Northings: 406928
OS Grid: SD517069
Mapcode National: GBR 9WC9.XQ
Mapcode Global: WH86L.1VMP
Plus Code: 9C5VH74C+P7
Entry Name: Farm Buildings Approximately 20 Metres North West of Knowles Farmhouse
Listing Date: 25 June 1973
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1201647
English Heritage Legacy ID: 389056
ID on this website: 101201647
Location: Roby Mill, West Lancashire, WN8
County: Lancashire
District: West Lancashire
Civil Parish: Up Holland
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Up Holland St Thomas
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
Tagged with: Agricultural structure
UP HOLLAND
SD50NW ROBY MILL, Roby Mill
783-1/2/114 (West side)
25/06/73 Farm buildings approximately 20
metres north-west of Knowles
Farmhouse
GV II
Barn with integral shippon and attached cart shed and stable
range. Barn probably late C18 or early C19 (with 1688
datestone in east gable); cart shed and stable range probably
C19; both parts altered. The barn is of coursed sandstone
rubble, the other range of coursed squared sandstone, and both
have asbestos sheet roofs. L-plan formed by barn of 5
structural bays on east-west axis, with cartshed attached to
west end of south side.
The barn has opposed waggon doorways in the 3rd bay, that at
the rear segmental-headed with a keystone (but damaged) but
that at the front with a cast-iron lintel replacing the arch;
to right, a re-used 2-light mullioned window (now blocked), a
large square-headed doorway with monolith jambs and lintel
(also blocked), and at right-hand end a square-headed doorway
with wooden doorcase. Its east gable wall (which has been
rebuilt) has inserted garage doorway at ground floor, and a
datestone with raised lettering "1688" above; the rear has a
buttress to the shippon, and rebuilt masonry to the east of
this.
The cart shed has 2 square-headed cart entries with
punch-dressed lintels, and a similar but lower doorway to left
of these with a square loading door above; and the stable
continued to the left has 3 square-headed doorways, the 3rd of
these under a flight of external steps to loft doorways of
both parts, and a loft window in the centre. Forms group with
Knowles Farmhouse approximately 20m south-east (qv).
Listing NGR: SD5178406928
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