Model Farm Buildings At Stalls Farm

The model farm buildings at Stalls Farm were constructed in 1859 by W. Wilkinson for the 4th Marquess of Bath. They are made of dressed limestone with a tiled roof and yellow brick stacks topped with ashlar cappings. The layout consists of five parallel ranges of covered yards and stock sheds, which are connected by a covered way to barns, offices, and sawing sheds to the north.

The central covered yard among the southern ranges features a higher roof with coped verges and a high moulded round-arched cart entry at both ends, each with a louvred oculus above and an axial square louvred vent with a leaded roof. The two pairs of flanking ranges, which were originally stables, piggeries, cartsheds, and cowsheds, are now entirely used for cows. These ranges have hipped roofs, with the roofs at the east end replaced by gables in the 1980s. They also feature chamfered segmental-headed planked doors and shuttered windows, with square-headed openings replacing the original windows at the east end. An open-fronted cart shed on the north side has been blocked.

The covered way has a hipped roof and round-arched openings, and inside, there are original sliding doors leading to the north barns and south ranges, which connect to a central feed passage. The northern ranges include 8-bay barns with segmental-headed openings and sliding doors, as well as loophole vents and V-strut tie-beam trusses. The two-storey offices and stores have 4-pane sashes and horizontal sashes, all with segmental-headed openings.

The two-storey sawmill consists of three parallel ranges and features a large round-arched opening in the central range, along with segmental-headed openings that have pivot-hung or two-light casements, and an exterior gallery supported by cast-iron brackets. There are two yellow brick stacks with moulded cappings that were formerly used for a steam engine for the threshing machine and sawmill. The interior of the north range remains unaltered, while the south range was modified in the 1980s.