The Cowyards And Cowyards Cottage

BLENHEIM SP41NE 3/31 The Cowyards and Cowyards Cottage - II Farmbuildings. c.1860. Squared and coursed limestone; gabled Welsh slate roofs, with ball finials to stone-coped gables of central range. U-plan, with central range dividing enclosure into 2 foldyards open to front. Yard to right: range on right side has saddle room with segmental arch over plank door and stone ridge stack, and loosebox range with 3 stable doors and slatted openings and cast-iron columns to row of slatted ventilators beneath eaves; to rear are segmental stone arches over door flanked by 2-light casements with glazing bars, and through-entry to right. Yard to left has similar stable doors and casements to rear and 8 plank doors to range on left; double doors to swill house with stone stack to front of left range. Central range has cast-iron columns to row of slatted ventilators beneath eaves: to rear are segmental stone arches over plank double doors to 2-storey mixing house. Interior: plank doors and feeding passages. Subsidiary features: mid C19 Cowyards Cottage, of similar materials, attached to right. Good example of mid C19 stock fare. (Blenheim Park is included in the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I)

Listing NGR: SP4526116059