Outbuildings North And East Of Higher Yearlstone

TIVERTON

SS90NW YEARLSTONE 848-1/8/345 Outbuildings north and east of 14/12/72 Higher Yearlstone

GV II

Formerly known as: Higher Yearlstone including outbuildings Yearlstone. Farm buildings. Mid C19. Rubble walls with some brick arches; dry slate roofs except for Roman clay tile to cart shed. PLAN: overall F-shaped plan comprising L-plan 2-storey barns; the principal taller barn parallel to the rear of the house, the other barn parallel to the right-hand end of the house, plus cartshed continued at front end of this barn and a range of pigsties at right angles between the barn and the cartshed towards the end of the house. EXTERIOR: principal barn is an irregular 2-window range with wooden barred windows; 3 1st-floor loading doorways, the left-hand doorway approached by original stone steps, the right-hand doorway approached by C20 steps. Ground floor has blocked window at far left and 6-pane window towards right; 3 doorways; all doorways with ledged doors, some original. Other barn has only one opening to 1st floor which is a loading doorway above a doorway and there is another doorway at far left; partly blocked doorway now with window towards left plus original windows flanking doorway under loading doorway, all with 6-pane windows with hopper heads; ledged doors. Pigsty has 4 doorways to courtyard side with old ledged doors. 4-bay cartshed is open at the front with the bays divided by concrete block piers. INTERIOR: cartshed has original king-post roof structure and there is an old leaded mullioned window set in the end wall of the adjoining barn. This is a good and complete example of a model farm courtyard group of farm buildings relating to a C16/C17 farmhouse.

Listing NGR: SS9383008287