Courtyard Range Of Farmbuildings Approximately 20 Metres West Of Knowle Farmhouse

The courtyard range of farm buildings, located approximately 20 meters west of Knowle Farmhouse, dates from the mid to late 19th century. This complex includes stables, a linhay, a cider house, a granary, stores, and pigsties. The buildings are constructed partly from cob on rubble footings and partly from volcanic rubble, featuring dressed volcanic or granite quoins and slate roofs.

There are three two-storey ranges that face into the courtyard. The north range contains stables and a harness room, the west range is an open-fronted 13-bay linhay, and the south range includes a cider house, an apple store, a store, and a granary. The granary and stables at the ends of the north and south wings are built from stone and are larger and taller than the cob-walled structures.

In the north range, there is one cob stable on the left and two stone block stables, each with a door, a hayloft loading door above, and a window to the left. The right end features a small two-storey harness room that projects into the courtyard. Each stable has three wooden stalls. The west range, designed as Alcock's Type T1 linhay, has timber posts resting on volcanic stone pads.

The south range consists of a cob cider house with an apple store to the right of the stone store and granary. An external flight of granite steps leads to the granary door, which is flanked by mullion-and-transom windows, one of which is glazed. Below, there is an unglazed three-light mullion window serving the store, with a door located in the left gable end. The cider house features a wide entrance on the ground floor, with windows to the right and above. Access to the apple store is via an external flight of stone steps at the rear, where there is also a row of three granite-walled pigsties under a lean-to roof made of corrugated iron. Each pigsty has a wooden front with a door and iron fittings. The granary and part-floored cider house are supported by massive crossbeams, and all buildings feature king-post roofs. This complex represents a remarkably complete 19th-century farmyard.