Description

PARISH OF ECKINGTON CHURCH STREET
SK 4379
11/76
Barn to north-west of
Malthouse Farmhouse
GV II
Barn. Late C16 with C18 and C19 alterations and extensions,
restored 1986. Coursed rubble coal measures sandstone with
quoins, and a pantiled roof with stone slated eaves. Single
storey with overlofts, built on a sloping site, with roadside
eaves level barely single storey height. West elevation with
four unglazed timber 3-light mullioned windows with timber heads
and cills. East elevation with two bay offshut with a catslide
roof, with two square window openings and a plain doorway.
Double width opening to north end bay. Interior. Double and
triple purlin roof structure, with some original timbers,
including cambered tie beam to central part. Some trusses
retain single straight windbraces. Intermediate bay to offshut
with aisle post, jowelled and formerly braced longitudinally and
laterally, now with longitudinal braces supporting aisle plate.
North end wall incorporates remains of posts and braces. The
building was used as a malthouse during the C19 and the remains
of a drying floor remained until refurbishment in 1986. Included
for group value.

Listing NGR: SK4320979627

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26651320

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