Brakes Farm

Brakes Farm is a group of outbuildings, including a former barn, cartsheds, stabling, rearing pens, suckling sheds, a milking room, and a mealhouse, likely built in the mid-19th century. The buildings are constructed from sandstone rubble with sandstone and brick dressings, featuring tiled roofs, some of which are half-hipped. The layout is roughly square, consisting of several blocks with the main front and yard located to the east, flanked by other blocks.

The east elevation includes a right-hand block with two windows set in brick surrounds with cambered heads. There are two entries to the right, also with similar heads and ledged doors, and a sliding door to the left of the center. A brick cornice with sandstone dentils runs along the top. At the rear of the barn, there is a turret with a pyramidical roof and a weathervane, along with semi-circular headed brick arches to the south and a half-hipped roof. The left-hand block features six openings with cambered brick heads and brick jambs. This complex is noted for being an almost intact example of a mid-19th century farm complex, which is part of the Downton Estate.