Great Barn, Hoghton

Great Barn is an historic building in the English village of Hoghton, Lancashire. Built in 1692, and constructed using the local sandstone grit, it is now a Grade I listed building. It stands just west of Hoghton Tower.

Great Barn
The building in 2013
General information
Town or cityHoghton, Lancashire
CountryEngland
Coordinates53.732995°N 2.575301°W / 53.732995; -2.575301
Completed1692 (1692)
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated22 October 1952
Reference no.1164490


The building is eleven bays long. One end was lofted when it was used as a milking parlour and the walls at the other end were reinforced with railway sleepers for its last agricultural use as a silage clamp.

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