Source/Archive record SCH8751 - The Barn, Disley, Heritage Statement

A heritage statement and photographic survey was produced in 2019 for The Barn, Coppice Lane, Disley, SK12 2LT, in advanced of proposed re-development, comprising demolition and replacement with a dwelling and attached 'granny annex'. Disley lies on the west edge of the Peak District in the Goyt Valley.The barn, which is non-designated, is a two-storey, sandstone-built building with a welsh slate roof. It is part of a dispersed farmstead and is located on the east side of a small yard. Additional agricultural buildings are located adjacent to the barn and comprise a modern corrugated structure to the south and a late nineteenth century stone and brick cow house to the west, these too are to be demolished as part of the proposed development. The rest of the farmstead complex, which is separately owned, is located on the north side of the farm track and comprises a stone built stable and farmhouse. The earliest map depicting the barn is the Lyme Handley Tithe Map of c.1850. The tithe map shows the barn as a rectangular building in the south-west corner of field 219. The small cow house and corrugated structure adjacent to the barn are absent. The farmhouse and stable are illustrated to the north of the barn, facing onto a small yard, with another small yard to the west. The complex was known at this date as Coppice Side House, buildings and yard. There is little documentary evidence for the origins of the barn at Coppiceside. The most likely date for its construction is c. early 19th century as the dispersed cluster farmstead group. The increase in the upkeep and overwintering of cattle in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries gave rise to the development of farmsteads with more and larger buildings, cow houses being the most common type of farm building found in the region. The Barn has been shown to have 3 phases of development, from the original field barn for cattle housing and hayloft, then with an extension for stabling, and finally as a late 19th or very early 20th century dairy. It is considered to be a heritage asset of Local Importance.