More information : SE 285291. A late Medieval aisled barn at Stank Hall. Originally of 8 bays it has considerably altered at the N end and 2 bays replaced at the S end by a stone structure, probably 17th century, known as 'Major Greathead's Chapel'. It is planned to convert the building into a restaurant. Grade 2*.(Barn shown but not described on OS 25" at SE 2853 2914). (1-2)
SE 285 295. Stank Hall Barn, Beeston.
`Fieldwork by S Moorhouse for the West Yorkshire MCC Archaeology Unit has located a series of earthworks to the north and west of this important late medieval timber-framed aisled barn. A well defined terraced platform lies to the east of the barn, while to the north the edge of the medieval settlement enclosure is marked by a sharp drop in level to the north, where well defined ridge and furrow runs east-west. A probable original ramped access way lies to the north of the barn while later disturbances overlie part of the field-system. The earthworks around the barn probably represent the agricultural enclosure of the semi-manorial site, the hall of which probably lay to the east on the site of an existing partly-timbered building.' (3)
Stank Hall Barn is a type II barn. These are characterised by trusses having king-posts supporting a square-set ridge but no side struts. Such trusses are normal in 15th century domestic buildings in the Yorkshire Pennines, and unless firm evidence is produced to the contrary it can be assumed that barns with roof-structures of this date may similarly be dated to the 15th or early 16th centuries. At Stank Hall Barn, the timber-framed wall is set on a high stone plinth, but the principal wall posts pass through the interrupted sill and stand on padstones built into the sill wall. There are braces to the aisle ties both from the wall posts and from the aisle posts, and the aisles are considerably marrower than the nave. (4)
`Members of the group are at present making a survey and producing scale drawings of this large timber framed barn. A number of the farm buildings can be dated by documentary and architectural evidence to c1700; however, close investigation of the barn revealed that the timber framework was of earlier date than the external stone cladding and was probably erected in the early 16th century.' (5)
SE 285 291. Stank Hall quasi-manorial site. Scheduled No WY/1256. (6)
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