I2i FARM BUILDINGS. 6. 



on any rinall farm, or on almofh any farm on 

 which grafsland abounds, two lines of build- 

 ing, forming a cheveron or carpenter's fquare, 

 and placed with the an_^le towards the north, 

 would, in my mind, be greatly preferable. 



Another idea in rural architecture, 

 new to me as that of achamber-threfhing-fioor, 

 I have fccn executed in a fubftantial manner 

 by two of the firft occupiers in the Vale ; 

 namely, a granary over a barn-floor. 



In all other barns I have feen, the fpace 

 over the floor, whether this be large orfmail, 

 and whether the building below or lofty, re- 

 mains entirely ufelcfs *. The idea of occu- 

 pying the lower part of this fpace with a 

 cattle houfe, as well as that of filling the up- 

 per part of it with a granary, have perhaps 

 been originally and recently flruck out in 

 this country. 



In the two inftances in which I have fccn 



CRANTARIES OVER P. AR N-F L OORS, the joiils 



are fupported by two beams thrown acrofs 

 the buildinLT, and the flooring of the granary 



• Except in one inllance, in which a very fpacious 

 building having been convcitcd into a barn, joifls were 

 thrown acrofs out of the reach of the Hail, and tiie 

 mows continued over the floor. 



let 



