A Grade II listed barn in the Lake District believed to date back to the late 1600s, is set to be restored thanks to £220,000 of funding. 

Broughton Mills will see the restoration of Stickle Cruck Barn, once part of a farmstead possibly abandoned around the 1800s. 

The restoration project will involve stripping the roof slates, realigning the cruck frame, and repairing the stone walls, which were originally built dry without mortar.

Stickle Cruck Barn is one of twenty historic barns in the Lake District benefiting from a combined investment of over £3.2 million. 

Funded by more than £2.6 million from DEFRA and an additional £550,000 from various applicants, the repairs seek to ‘repurpose rather than demolish’ the buildings across the county. 

In the North Lakes,  £1,336,612 is being spent on:

  • · Wallthwaite Hogg House, near Threlkeld
  • · Wallthwaite Courtyard, near Threlkeld
  • · Yew Tree Farm, St Johns in the Vale
  • · Gate Ghyll, Threlkeld
  • · Low Nest, Naddle, near Keswick
  • · Low Beckside, Mungrisedal

West Lakes, £732,559 is being spent on:

  • · Stickle Cruck Barn, Broughton Mills
  • · Taw House, Eskdale

East of the Lake District, £203,696 is being spent on:

  • · Cote Farm, Howtown
  • · Hogg House above Hartsop

In central Lake District, £415,767 is being spent on:

  • · Townend Bank Barn, Troutbeck
  • · The Brow, Little Langdale
  • · Brimmer Head, Easedale
  • · Robinson Place, Great Langdale
  • · Wall End, Great Langdale
  • · Holme Ground, Tilberthwaite
  • · Dale End, Little Langdale

In the south, £436,172 is being spent on:

  • · Henry’s Castle at Underbarrrow
  • · Chapel House, Cartmel Fell
  • · Hall Farm, Rusland