Update on the ruined cottage at Barley

[Greensleeves]

Good point, BB: we'll have to send Maggie off with camera 

[groom]

It's a pity that it cant be taken down and rebuilt elsewhere, a bit like they did with the buildings now at the Weald and Downland Museum in Sussex.

[Janette]

I must be a bit dim,but I can't see the yellow jacketed man,have you hidden him Maggie?

[youngtug]

If they have nicked the stone trough  be careful about letting them know about the maybe font

[kiwihalfpint]

What an interesting thread ...... Mr KHP and I watch programs like this ..... keep the photos coming.



Cheers
KHP

[kiwihalfpint]

I must be a bit dim,but I can't see the yellow jacketed man,have you hidden him Maggie?

He is there Janette, blends with the grass to the right of the photo, above the walls.

[Janette]

I must be a bit dim,but I can't see the yellow jacketed man,have you hidden him Maggie?

He is there Janette, blends with the grass to the right of the photo, above the walls.

Thanks KHP

[Greensleeves]

If they have nicked the stone trough  be careful about letting them know about the maybe font

If it really is a font it could be  ancient and worthy of retrieval by a local museum.  Some of the simple stone fonts are over 1000 years old.

[Maggie.]

You are absolutely correct, GS in that many of the stone features seem out of place in the cottage and also much of the exterior walling looked to be of a mixture of stone.

There are no records of a monastery particularly nearby, the nearest being at Whalley some 10 miles away and this was indeed demolished by Henry VIII for the part it's abbot played in The Pilgrimage of Grace.  There are various bits of stained glass visible in the windows of certainly one farmhouse I know and the suggestion is that this glass is from Whalley Abbey.  Also there is a round stone water trough in a field nearby that looks the correct shape for a font, which raises the question of where it came from.

Do you have a photo of the round stone water trough in the nearby field?

Yes - but I'll have to trot off and find it.