Description

SKELMERSDALE

SD40NE ELMERS GREEN LANE 783-1/1/15 (West side (off)) 25/06/73 Barn approximately 15 metres north-east of Smith's Farmhouse (Formerly Listed as: SKELMERSDALE AND HOLLAND ELMERS GREEN LANE Smith's Farmhouse and shippons to north)

GV II

Barn, now offices, workshop, garage. Dated 1689 at 1st floor of wing; altered and recently slightly enlarged. Coursed sandstone rubble, slate roof. L-plan formed by a 3-bay main range with a wing to west side of the south bay and an aisled outshut to the other 2 bays. The east front has slit breathers, and a waggon doorway in the centre (altered in C20). The west wing is 2-storeyed and has a doorway near the left corner, a restored 3-light mullioned window on each floor, a datestone above the doorway inscribed: D/ IK/ 1689 and a similar 3-light mullioned window on each floor of the gable wall, that at ground floor partly covered by external steps to the loft doorway. (Recent one-bay addition at north end, in matching style.) INTERIOR: timber-framed partitions with kingpost roof trusses; timber aisle post.

Listing NGR: SD4960206713

External Links

• Wikidata Q26514180

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