Farmbuildings To North And West Of Damdykes Farmhouse

Farmbuildings situated around a rectangular foldyard, likely dating from the late 18th century. A shelter shed extension to the south range was added in 1833, marked by a datestone with the initials MSS. Later remodelling of the north and west ranges, originally dated 1863 and marked with the initials SHSS, is now evident in stones found at the foot of a wall. The buildings are constructed of roughly shaped rubble stone with roughly-tooled quoins to the original parts, while the 19th-century additions are of roughly-squared stone with tooled-and-margined quoins and dressings. They have Welsh slate roofs.

The buildings are arranged around the foldyard, accessed at the south-east corner. The single-storey south range has a blocked doorway and two windows. The west range is five bays wide, with two bays being two-storeyed; it features two segmental arches, with partially slatted windows above. The north range has a two-storey section to the left, with a stable door flanked by partially slatted windows, and a single-storey section to the right, which extends beyond the east range. The north range also includes a segmental arch, two doorways, and slit vents. The single-storey east range, with two boarded doors, links to the farmhouse.

The rear elevations show a shelter shed added to the west range, featuring two openings under timber lintels and a hipped roof. On the north range, a boarded double door is set under a segmental arch within a projecting bay. A circular gingang is present to the right, featuring large stepped outer piers and three smaller piers between, topped by a conical roof. Adjacent to the gingang is a tall, chamfered opening serving both the ground floor and a loft space.

The north and west ranges have chamfered surrounds to most openings, and coped gables to the two-storey portions. The roofs of the single-storey sections are hip-ended.

Inside the gingang, a heavy east-west tie-beam is separate from the room structure above. Radial collars support a central octagonal post set on a metal baseplate, with raking struts to two levels of curved purlins and a curved wall-plate.

These farmbuildings were formerly part of the Shum-Storey estate. They represent an interesting foldyard group with minimal alterations since the 19th century, and the gingang roof structure displays a high standard of carpentry. A later shelter shed to the rear of the south range and minor 20th-century additions to the east end of the north range are considered to be of less significance.