Doncasterhill Farmhouse And The Attached Farm Buildings

Doncasterhill Farmhouse and the attached farm buildings date from around 1700, with the farm buildings extended in the 18th century and an end wall and addition to the house made in the mid-19th century. The structure is built of coursed squared buff and pink sandstone rubble, topped with a Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge, and two stone chimneys. The farmhouse features a two-storey, four-bay front. The first and third bays have two-light wooden casements set under stone lintels, with the upper windows located in barge-boarded half dormers supported by heavy roof timbers. There is a door between the bays under a plain stone lintel, and a rubble band at the first-floor level. The right end bay contains a single light window. Inside, there are chamfered ceiling beams, a hidden timber-framed partition wall, and a dogleg flight of stone steps. The attached farm buildings form the north range of a courtyard and consist of two successive additions, creating a long corn and hay barn. The openings in the farm buildings are also under plain stone lintels, with a line of ventilation slots above. The earliest part of the interior features a roof truss with a tiebeam, two diagonal struts, a collar, through purlins, and a ridge.