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

The quadrangular range of farm buildings at Elms Farm, located immediately to the east of the farmhouse, dates back to 1864 and was built for Charles Thellusson of Brodsworth Hall. The buildings are made of rendered rubble limestone with ashlar dressings and feature Welsh slate roofs. The layout is quadrangular, with a central fold-yard divided by an axial wall, now covered by 20th-century roofing.

The front range is two stories high and consists of five bays, while the rest of the buildings are mostly single-story. The elevations are symmetrical, except for the left return. The front range has an ashlar plinth, and the quoined and gabled end bays have blocked ground-floor windows, with casements above in projecting surrounds that include sill blocks. Each gable features a keyed oculus and bargeboards. The intermediate bays have similar windows, and there is an inserted hatch to the right of the sixth bay.

The rear of the building includes gabled end and central bays. The left return features a central, two-story, five-bay barn with a quoined, segmentally-arched wagon entrance beneath the date panel. There are flanking hatches similar to those at the front. To the right, a cart-shed arcade has four rusticated, segmental arches supported by quoined responds and octagonal pillars. There is a window in the end gable of the front range and an asbestos-roofed link block to the barn. To the left of the barn, there are three lower segmentally-arched entrances. The right return has a two-story section to the left and a central gable with a keyed oculus. This development is a prestigious example of farm architecture from the Brodsworth Hall estate and is a well-preserved relic of High-Victorian farming.