Stubbylee Barn, Bacup, Lancashire: Building Survey Report

Oxford Archaeology North, at the request of Axis and AA Projects, have undertaken a Level 2 survey (English Heritage 2006) of Stubbylee Barn, Bacup (SD 867 219). The barn is within the curtilage of the Grade 2* listed Stubbylee Hall and the recording work is a requirement of the extended listing status of the barn. A specification for the survey was prepared by OA North and approved by D Moir, Planning Archaeologist, Lancashire County Council and R Fletcher, Conservation Officer, Rossendale Borough Council. The results of the investigation are presented in this document as a report with accompanying photographs and figures.
The barn is within the historic curtilage of Stubbylee Hall, which was constructed in 1809 at the instruction of James Holt, although the ownership of the land and estates is attributed to the Holt Family from as early as 1750. Stubbylee Hall and Park functioned as the principal home of the Holt family from its construction in 1809 until it was bequeathed to the Municipal Council of Bacup in 1911 following the death of James Maden Holt.