Gawthorpe's Great Barn

In the grounds of Gawthorpe Hall, there is the Great Barn which was built around 1603. The adjoining coach house, a Victorian addition, is now used as a tea room.

You can't enter the barn, which appears to be used for storage and events, so I took a photo through a window. It is rather magnificent, said to be one of the largest aisled threshing barns in Europe. The aisled design allowed greater space for threshing grain and for storage. Interestingly, in the 1950s the barn was used by Burnley Football Club as a training ground. The club now have modern facilities on the estate.