Lea Manor Farm, Farm Building Immediately South West Of Farmhouse

Lea Manor Farm is a farm building located immediately southwest of the farmhouse, dating from the early 19th century, as indicated on the Tithe Map for Aldford from 1837. The building is constructed of brown brick in English garden wall bond and features a gabled roof covered in grey slate. It stands two storeys tall and is almost symmetrical, representing a model building of its time.

The central section includes a basket-arched drifthouse flanked by cowsheds on either side, with haylofts above that connect to the drifthouse through two superimposed round-arched loading openings, designed to facilitate loading regardless of how full the lofts are. Each hayloft features a pigeon loft on the east wall, containing six tiers of five nesting boxes, along with projecting brick landing platforms. Beyond the pigeon lofts, loading doors alternate with ventilation panels made of honeycomb brickwork, all set within basket-arched openings.

The lower storey has mid-20th century metal windows beneath concrete lintels, and there are two basket-arched doorways with boarded, ventilated doors. The west wall of the haylofts includes ventilators designed as triple-barred crosses.