State Member for Bathurst Paul Toole has announced two heritage grants totalling $170,000 to save the historic Lindlegreen Barn at O'Connell.

The successful applications were from Friends of Lindlegreen and owner Brad Hargans for $150,000 for restoration works and $20,000 for the preparation of a Conservation Management Plan for the building.

The 1827 cob barn sits on a farm at the corner of Beaconsfield Road and O'Connell Road.

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Mr Toole said the vision is to restore the barn - which he says is of local, state and national significance - to original condition.

"Lindlegreen Barn is well-constructed, but lack of appropriate care in recent decades has made it vulnerable and at imminent risk of partial collapse," Mr Toole said.

"The fabric of the building is fragile and urgent work is needed to stabilise ongoing structural cracking and movement, halt further deterioration of extensively eroded earth walls and install adequate drainage.

"Repairs will be authentic using traditional cob building techniques.

"The proposed and carefully researched and investigated works involving a range of heritage specialists will go a long way to ensuring Lindlegreen Barn remains as a permanent reminder of a bygone era."

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Mr Toole said the barn demonstrates traditional Welsh, English, Scottish and Irish early earth-building techniques brought to Australia by colonists and used in rural NSW when transporting other suitable building materials was difficult.

The cob method involves kneading soil, clay, straw and water into a pliable muddy mix which is laid and trampled and then smoothed as a continuous course of solid thick walls.

The significance of the barn was recognised by the property owner and Friends of Lindlegreen, who are keen advocates for the recognition and protection of local heritage places.