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Barn, Byres, Hemmels, Loose Boxes and Gin Gang to North of Oxclose Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Greater Willington, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.7247 / 54°43'29"N

Longitude: -1.6599 / 1°39'35"W

OS Eastings: 422005

OS Northings: 536691

OS Grid: NZ220366

Mapcode National: GBR JFVT.F3

Mapcode Global: WHC4W.GHTS

Plus Code: 9C6WP8FR+V3

Entry Name: Barn, Byres, Hemmels, Loose Boxes and Gin Gang to North of Oxclose Farmhouse

Listing Date: 5 June 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1228808

English Heritage Legacy ID: 403506

ID on this website: 101228808

Location: County Durham, DL15

County: County Durham

Civil Parish: Greater Willington

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Willington and Sunnybrow

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


CROOK AND WILLINGTON A 690 (North side)
NZ 23 NW
25/11 Barn, byres, hemmels,
loose-boxes and gin-
gang to north of
Oxclose Farmhouse
GV II

Barn, byres, hemmels, loose-boxes and gin-gang in planned farm lay-out. Mid-
C19. Coursed sandstone rubble with stock brick or ashlar dressings; red brick
dressings on gin-gang; roofs of Welsh slate, some large on byre; gin-gang has
pantiles and some renewed French tiles with yellow ridge tiles and stone finial;
barn roof of concrete tiles. Square plan with gin-gang on north of north barn,
and central range attached to north barn; south byre extends beyond square at
south-east.

Gin-gang: 5 square piers of stone and brick support polygonal roof with hat-
shaped finial (disc and drum). 2-storey barn adjoining has Dutch door at left;
3 elliptical cart entrances at right with keyed brick arches on ashlar piers; 3
loft openings above these are part hit-and-miss and part glazed, with flat stone
lintels and projecting stone -sills. High barn on right return has 2 tall cart
entrances with elliptical brick arches over boarded double doors; small square
vents at eaves. Byre on left return has boarded double door to hay-room; 3
lights partly glazed,partly hit-and-miss, in ashlar surrounds. South byre,
completing square, has boarded door and double doors and 2 Dutch doors; renewed
glazing in 7 windows; ridge pot ventilators.

Within courtyard, hemmel attached to barn has low segmental brick arch over
water trough; 2 pig-sties in south end with blocked feeding openings. Interior:
east range has wood-slatted partitions and triangular-plan mangers.


Listing NGR: NZ2200536691

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