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To document and analyze the historical development of Houlker's Farm barn.

May 24, 2026Open Access

Barn at Houlker's Farm, Whins Lane, Read, Lancashire: Historic Building Recording and Analysis

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To document and analyze the historical development of Houlker's Farm barn.
Conducted a measured survey of the barn.
Created a photographic record detailing its structure and features.
Identified four main phases of construction from the 18th century to 1931.
Noted that the original structure was a three-bay combination barn, expanded in subsequent years.

Implication

Measured survey and photographic record assess historic changes in a barn's architecture in Lancashire, indicating its evolution.

Abstract

Measured survey, photographic record The barn is a stone building which reached its present size through four main phases. Originally it seems to have been an 18th century three-bay combination barn, but was extended in the early 19th century, in 1890, and in 1931, with the two latest episodes comprising additional, lean-to shippons

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Stephen Haigh (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a12960648a0ea16656726d6 https://doi.org/10.5284/1142740

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Implication

Measured survey and photographic record assess historic changes in a barn's architecture in Lancashire, indicating its evolution.

Barn at Houlker's Farm, Whins Lane, Read, Lancashire: Historic Building Recording and Analysis

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Barn at Houlker's Farm, Whins Lane, Read, Lancashire: Historic Building Recording and Analysis

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