Former Byres And Shelter Sheds With Attached Wall At Park Head Farm

The former byres and shelter sheds at Park Head Farm, now used as stables, date from the late 18th century and are accompanied by an attached boundary wall. Constructed from coursed rubble, the buildings feature monolithic stone piers. The roofs include a felt-covered section with raised ventilators, a small pent addition with a pantiled roof on the east range, and a Welsh slate roof with a stone ridge on the south range.

The boundary wall is made of coursed stone and has a flat stone coping. The layout is L-shaped, situated to the south of a Dutch barn, with the boundary wall extending north alongside the main road and connecting to the northern barns. The south range is single-storey with eight bays on the north elevation facing the yard. This elevation includes a four-bay section on the right, supported by round monolithic piers on chamfered round plinths, which hold up a monopitch roof against a west crow-stepped gable. The left part of this range has eight bays set back, featuring similar piers and a lower monopitch roof.

The adjacent east range projects forward on the left and is set against a high estate wall made of coursed squared stone with flat coping. This range has square piers with later blocking to create stables, and a small pent addition with a pantiled roof is set back on the left. The high estate wall facing the road on the east is ramped up to form the rear wall of the east range and continues to connect with the barn and stable range to the southeast of the farmhouse.