Calves' house and cartshed at Byes Farm

Calves' house and cartshed, C18 with C19 and C20 alterations.

MATERIALS: they are constructed of random rubble stone and cob, with a timber-framed front to the calves' house. The roofs are covered in metal corrugated sheeting. Various repairs in blockwork to the calves' house.

PLAN: the agricultural buildings are grouped loosely around two yards. The linhay to the north, and milking shed, barn and stables building to the east form an L-shaped plan around a yard. There is a second group of farm buildings consisting of animal housing, probably CALVES’ HOUSE, and a CARTSHED to the south which enclose three sides of a small yard.

The calves' house has an L-shaped footprint and the cartshed is rectangular, and together they enclose three sides of a small yard. The cartshed has been extended by one bay at the north end.

EXTERIOR: the calves' house is a low, single-storey structure. The timber-framed front is weatherboarded, and some of the timbers have been replaced over the years. It has a series of low wooden doors, some with wooden latches, which are of different dates. The rear elevations are built of stone rubble and cob, and the north end of the building has been partially rebuilt in concrete blocks. The cartshed is a high building under a pitched roof with a wide cart entrance at the north end. The gable above this is boarded. The west and east elevations are plain, though vertical joints towards the north end are evidence of the one-bay addition. There is an infilled window with stone lintel in the south gable wall.

INTERIOR: the calves' house is divided into stalls with simple wooden partitions. The low roof is formed of pegged principal tie-beam trusses with applied collars, a single row of purlins and a ridgepiece. Towards the rear of the cartshed is a large axial timber beam with slots for joists which may be evidence of an upper floor at this end of the building. The C19 roof of light principal rafters springing directly from the wall plate, strengthened with low collars, three rows of slender purlins and a double ridge piece.