Farmbuildings To North West Of East Fourstones Farmhouse

Farmbuildings to north-west of East Fourstones Farmhouse

Byres, barn, gingang, engine-house and feedstores dating from the early 19th century. The buildings are constructed of squared stone with ashlar dressings, roofed with stone slates and Welsh slates, and feature a brick chimney.

The complex is arranged in an E-plan layout facing south, with a central north wing. The original two-storey, U-shaped range incorporates a taller central threshing barn positioned at right-angles, topped with a hipped roof facing the front. The side wings and central barn have various boarded single and double doors and part-slatted windows positioned under stone lintels, with a pattern of slit vents throughout. All roofs are hipped.

Attached to the east side of the threshing barn at the rear is a round-ended, solid gingang with double doors, two windows and a round-hipped roof. Behind this stands an engine house featuring a tall, square stone-corniced chimney on a stone base.

The interior of the threshing barn displays chamfered king-post roof trusses. A later one-storey central front section has a rebated elliptical-arched central cart entrance with door and window at the sides.

The complex represents a pleasing example of a planned mixed farm of the early 19th-century period. The covered areas between the wings, the asbestos-roofed shed on the west side and the haybarn at the north-west corner are not included in the listing.