Farmbuildings And Walls North Of Riding Farmhouse

The farm buildings and walls north of Riding Farmhouse were constructed in 1858 and have been modified over time. The yard has been covered over, and a cartshed was built around 1900. The buildings are made of coursed rubble with dressings, except for the snecked stone cartshed and the timber-covered yard, all topped with Welsh slate roofs. The structures are arranged around a rectangular yard that is open to the south, featuring a barn that extends north from the center of the north range, with a gingang located to the west of the barn. There is an attached cartshed to the north-west, and the north-east part of the yard is covered.

The north range is two storeys high, featuring a central segmental arch with a dated shield-shaped tablet marked with the initials H D above it, along with two similar arches to the right. The front wall of the left part of the range has been removed to accommodate the covered yard. The single-storey side ranges have various boarded doors and casement windows, mostly set in alternating-block surrounds, with coped gables at the south end of the ranges. A short flat-coped wall connects the west range with an outbuilding of the farmhouse. The covered yard has low rubble walls topped with arched coping, supporting a triple-gabled superstructure with slatted walls and bargeboards; the central part of each roof span is raised, featuring slatted sides and king-post roof trusses.

The rear elevation displays the end of a short north-east wing on the left, which has an external stone stair and pigeon holes in the gable under a canopy. There is a second external stair on the left return of the central barn, and to the right of the barn is a circular gingang supported by six piers and topped with a conical roof. On the far right, there is a projecting cartshed with boarded doors beneath timber lintels on the left return, along with two tall leaded roof vents that have louvred sides and ornamental domed caps.

This mid-19th century farm is notable for the distinctive quality of its additions and alterations from around 1900.