The barn has been described as “one of the finest aisled barns in the North West”. Its roof structure is largely original, and its ox stalls are “possibly the earliest dated example in Britain”.

A colony of brown long-eared and pipistrelle bats breed and hibernate in the Great Barn each year. The Grade I listed building has been used for a variety of different things throughout its history, from agricultural storage to an indoor training area for Burnley Football Club, and more recently as a British Textile Biennial exhibition space.

At the time of writing this National Trust building is closed to the public due to major roof restoration planning and works.