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Building record MDR8376 - Field Barn to Southeast of Bank Top Farm, B5056, Winster

Type and Period (4)

  • ? (Hanoverian to Victorian - 1835 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • (Hanoverian to 21st Century - 1835 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Hanoverian to 21st Century - 1835 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Hanoverian to 21st Century - 1835 AD? to 2050 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

Field Barn to Southeast of Bank Top Farm, B5056, Winster, built between 1835-1879. Field barn with a complete roof. (1) 'The roof is made of tile and flagstone and the building is in use for cattle.' (2-3) 'A single storey barn with mortared limestone rubble, dressed gritstone corner quoins, parapet and kneelers. The roof is a mixture of Welsh slate, ceramic tile and stone tile. The barn is shown on the 1st edition OS map c1880.' (4) Photographic record. (6-7) 'The building may be the 'Rope House', set in a long narrow field known as 'Rope Walk' during enclosures. The field was allocated to Cabel Wilcock who figures in parish records as supplying bell ropes for the church, or possibly for lead mines.' (8) 'The view that the field served as a ropewalk is likely to be incorrect: Wilcock was evidently making rope in 1750, well before 1761, and the structure at the west end of the field is typical of a field barn. Whereas the structure associated with an open air ropewalk would have been a light timber structure containing winding equipment. Furthermore, a document of 1812 indicates that the premises at which Wilcock made his rope was elsewhere. It exdended over a larger area and contained a dwelling (i.e. it probably lay somewhere in the village rather than outside of it). The building standing in 2019 towards the western end of the field is a single storey field barn, probably dating to the mid-19th century. It is constucted of local limestone rubble, with 3 cow stalls at one side of the building and with a storage area at the other side. It contains most of its original fetures, making it an important survival.' (13) Constructed between 1835-1879. The barn comprises of a Cowhouse in Northern bay with a hayloft over for storage. Southern bay used for storage of crops. The barn was re-modelled between 1897 and 1920 with additions made to the south gable and east elevation which are no longer extant. (14)

Sources/Archives (14)

  • <1> Personal Observation: Murcott, A (PDNPA). 1994-5. Barn Condition Survey.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Ingham, D (PDNPA). 2001. Barn condition survey, Birchover and Winster.
  • <3> Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Colour photograph collection. Film.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Taylor, H (PDNPA). 1998. Bank Top Farm, Winster, Bonsall, South Darley, Derbyshire, archaeological survey 1998. pp 20-21, illus.
  • <5> Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). 1998-2001. Peak District National Park Authority Farm Surveys. 1998:302.13.
  • <6> Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Black and white photograph collection. 474.13-15.
  • <7> Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Slide Collection. 15435.1-3.
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Hill, R (PPJPB). 1985. Peak Park Treasures. F7.
  • <9> Digital data: Historic England. 2016. Peak District National Park Historic Farmsteads Project: Digital Dataset.
  • <10> Unpublished document: Historic England. 2016. Peak District National Park Historic Farmsteads Project: Character Statements.
  • <11> Unpublished document: Historic England. 2016. Peak District National Park Historic Farmsteads Project: Project Report.
  • <12> Unpublished document: Historic England. 2016. Peak District National Park Historic Farmsteads Project: Design Guidance.
  • <13> Unpublished document: Thomas, J and V Beauchamp. 2019. Barn Adjacent to B5056, Winster, Derbyshire: Heritage Assessment.
  • <14> Unpublished document: Hurford, M. 2022. Building Survey of Barn adjacent to the B5056, Winster, Derbyshire: Historic Building Recording.

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Grid reference SK 23815 60044 (point)
Civil Parish WINSTER, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Sep 30 2023 8:55AM

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