Description

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WEST WITTON
SWINITHWAITE
Barn approximately 100 metres to north of Swinithwaite Hall

(Formerly listed as Barn at Swinithwaite (Hall)

13/2/67

GV
II
Barn. c1800. By John Foss of Richmond. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, stone slate roof. Two storeys, 1:3:1 bays. Chamfered quoins. Central three bays project very slightly, with chamfered quoins.

Ground floor: bays two and four, board barn doors in elliptical-arched ashlar surrounds with keystones. Bays one, three and five: round-arched recesses containing part-shuttered windows below monolithic chanelled wedge lintels. Impost band links all openings. First floor: square openings with lattice shutters in ashlar surrounds with cambered lintels. Hipped roof.

Rear elevation: flush quoins. Five board doors in ashlar surrounds with impost blocks, those in bays one, three and five round-arched; those in two and four flat-headed. Vents formed by vertical stone slates. Left return, ground floor: shuttered opening in round-arched ashlar surround with keystone; first floor, opening as at front. Right return, ground floor: door in opening as on left return, with pitching door above.

Listing NGR: SE0453489328

External Links

• Wikidata Q26589145

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record