Outbuildings North And East Of Higher Yearlstone

The outbuildings north and east of Higher Yearlstone are mid-19th century farm buildings constructed with rubble walls and some brick arches, featuring dry slate roofs, except for the cartshed which has a Roman clay tile roof. The overall layout is F-shaped, consisting of L-plan two-storey barns. The principal barn runs parallel to the rear of the house, while the other barn is parallel to the right-hand side of the house. There is also a cartshed at the front of the second barn and a range of pigsties positioned at right angles between the barn and the cartshed, towards the end of the house.

The principal barn has an irregular two-window range with wooden barred windows and three loading doorways on the first floor. The left-hand doorway is accessed by original stone steps, while the right-hand doorway has 20th-century steps. The ground floor features a blocked window on the far left and a six-pane window towards the right, along with three doorways, all equipped with ledged doors, some of which are original. The other barn has a single opening on the first floor, which is a loading doorway above a doorway, with another doorway on the far left. There is a partly blocked doorway now fitted with a window towards the left, plus original windows flanking the doorway under the loading doorway, all with six-pane windows and hopper heads, along with ledged doors.

The pigsty has four doorways facing the courtyard, each with old ledged doors. The four-bay cartshed is open at the front, with bays divided by concrete block piers. Inside, the cartshed retains its original king-post roof structure, and there is an old leaded mullioned window set in the end wall of the adjoining barn. This complex represents a well-preserved example of a model farm courtyard group of buildings associated with a 16th or 17th-century farmhouse.