Farm Buildings Around Yard Immediately North West Of Aldford Hall

The farm buildings around the yard immediately northwest of Aldford Hall were built in 1883 by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. They are constructed from stone-dressed brick and feature red tile roofs. The central feature of the east range is a drifthouse with an oak-framed cross-gabled roof, which has a date carved on a beam. The west range has a pedimented loading-door gable, while the north range includes a fleche ventilator and a raked-roofed dormer. The east and west ranges are single-storey with hay lofts in the roofs, and the north range is one and a half storeys tall, adorned with ornate patterns of ventilators in the loft wall. There is a cartshed on the outer side of the east range that has an open front supported by three bracketed oak posts. The buildings feature small pane iron windows. The fronts of the three ranges facing the yard and the outer face of the east range are largely unaltered and complement Aldford Hall in terms of massing, materials, and detailing.