Dairy At Copse Farm To South East Of Farmhouse

The dairy at Copse Farm, built around 1869, is a purpose-built ornamental structure located to the southeast of the farmhouse. It features Flemish bond brickwork with a tiled roof and terracotta ridge tiles. The roof is swept low to create a verandah on either side, supported by four wooden chamfered piers with curved brackets. The gable ends are adorned with fretted bargeboards. Each side of the dairy has two casement windows, which retain sliding wood and gauze partitions to keep out flies. The entrance has a plank door that was originally sheltered by a gabled weather porch. Inside, the upper part of the walls is whitewashed and features a deep cornice inspired by Indian architecture, while the lower part is tiled in white with a border of blue and white tiles displaying a Greek key design. There are slate shelves present as well. This dairy is noted as an unusually fine and complete example of a farm dairy.