North Farm, granary, byres and lofts

North Farm, granary, byres and lofts

HER Number
8906
District
Newcastle
Site Name
North Farm, granary, byres and lofts
Place
Brenkley
Map Sheet
NZ27NW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
Site Type: Specific
Farm Building
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Granary, byres and lofts. Late C18/early C19. Coursed squared tooled sandstone
with ashlar dressings and quoins; Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable copings.
2 low storeys, 3 wide bays; boarded door at left, Dutch door at right and central
hit-and-miss window with 4-pane upper section, all under pecked stone lintels;
ventilation slits at left and above. Byres and loft: 2 low storeys, 5 bays;
slightly set back; 5 segmental arches on square piers; left has 5 hit-and-miss
windows with 4-pane glazed upper sections. Interior shows stalls, feeding passage,
drainage channel. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
421890
Northing
575150
Grid Reference
NZ421890575150
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 2/1