Brierley Manor Farmhouse

Brierley Manor Farmhouse appears largely to date from the 18th and 19th centuries, but incorporates fragments of a late medieval house in the rear wing. It is constructed of deeply-coursed, squared sandstone, partly rendered, with a Welsh slate roof and renewed brick stacks. The building has an irregular L-shaped plan, incorporating a partial outshut to the main range, and a wing to the rear left with a projecting stair turret and later additions. The farmhouse has two storeys with a three-storey wing, and cellars, with an irregular fenestration and a two-window front to the main range.

The main range features a chamfered plinth and large quoins, visible beneath the render. The right part of the front breaks forward. It has two windows to each floor, with four-pane sashes and one 20th-century casement, all set in tall, square-faced ashlar surrounds. Wood brackets and brick courses run along the eaves, with end stacks.

The rear wing has a medieval stair turret, on the side opposite the entrance, displaying a chamfered plinth, projecting band, and an inverted offset band allowing the upper wall to oversail, and a small inserted casement above. The turret now has a lean-to roof, and blocked evidence of a doorway indicates that the turret is truncated. To the right of the turret is a three-light casement above a sash window, with a further offset buttress of medieval appearance attached to the corner of the main range. The upper wall of the wing retains fragmentary remains of multiple-light mullioned windows. The entrance side of the wing has sashes and casements to the upper floors set in altered, double-chamfered mullioned window surrounds.

Inside, the stair turret retains a cellar doorway with moulded jambs and a triangular-shaped lintel, all heavily painted. The original newel remains, but the treads of the spiral stair have been replaced with concrete. There is a similar blocked doorway part way up the stair, leading into the wing. The cellar is said to contain a large stone trough.

In 1617, Brierley Manor passed from Lord Talbot to the Savile family, who administered considerable South Yorkshire estates from here. Records indicate that large sums were spent on the building in 1632, and the fabric of the rear wing may date from this period. The stair turret is tentatively dated to the 15th century.