Quadrangular Range Of Farmbuildings At Elms Farm Immediately To East Of Farmhouse

SE50NW BRODSWORTH PICKBURN LANE (south side, off), Pickburn

5/40 Quadrangular range of farmbuildings at Elms Farm immediately to east of farmhouse

GV II

Combination farmbuildings. Dated "C.S.A.T./AD 1864". For Charles Thellusson of Brodsworth Hall. Rendered rubble limestone with ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roofs. Quadrangular plan with central fold-yard divided by axial wall and now covered by C20 roofing. 2-storey front range of 1:5:1 bays, rest mostly single- storey; symmetrical elevations apart from left return. Front range: ashlar plinth, quoined and gabled end bays have blocked ground-floor windows and casements above in projecting surrounds with sill blocks. Keyed oculus to each gable, bargeboards. Similar windows to each intermediate bay; inserted hatch to right of bay 6. Rear: gabled end and central bays. Left return: central, 2-storey, 5-bay barn with quoined, segmentally-arched waggon entrance beneath date panel. Flanking hatches as front. Cart-shed arcade to right has 4, rusticated, segmental arches on quoined, responds and octagonal pillars. Window to end gable of front range, asbestos-roofed link-block to barn. To left of barn are 3 lower segmentally-arched entrances. Right return: 2-storey part to left, central gable with keyed oculus. Prestigious farm development of Brodsworth Hall estate. A well-preserved relic of High-Victorian farming.

Listing NGR: SE5168907325