Cole Hill Linked Farmbuildings

Cole Hill linked farmbuildings is a planned farmstead from the late 19th century. It features light-red engineering brick in Flemish bond, timber framing, and Welsh slate roofs. The layout consists of a linked rectangular-plan south group and a U-plan north group.

The south group comprises five single-storey, parallel six-bay ranges running north-south, which enclose a central covered stockyard. To the west are loose-boxes, while stables and a smithy are located to the east. The south front has five gables with openings under brick segmental arches, including Dutch doors, double doors, and louvred ventilators. Range 3 features a lunette with a stone sill in its gable. Ranges 2 and 4 are taller and have horizontally-planked gables. The roofs have overhanging verges and eaves. The east return has similar openings between brick piers and a truncated chimney from the former smithy to the south. The west wall mirrors this design.

The north group consists of four parallel two-storey ranges of varying lengths that run east-west and are attached to the north wall of the south group. It includes an eight-bay barn with a lean-to range to the south, a three-bay timber-framed shed, and a seven-bay Dutch barn to the north. The barn features three tall timber-framed east bays with iron king posts and tie beams on vertical struts. The western bays alternate between brick and timber-facing, with similar openings to the south group. The west bay includes an open cart shed, while the east gable has a large, recessed, round-arched wall panel filled with a Flemish-bond grid that omits headers for ventilation. The three-bay timber-framed shed is attached to the three east bays of the barn. The seven-bay Dutch barn has similar framing and brick gables, with the east end being blind and the west end featuring a ventilated grid. All gables are topped with coped shaped footstones.

This farmstead is part of a group built for the Sheraton estate and remains unaltered and well-preserved.