Farmbuildings Adjoining West Forde Farmhouse To North

This is a complex of contemporary farm buildings from the early 19th century, located to the north of West Forde Farmhouse. The structures are built of cob on rubble footings, with some sections plastered, and feature slate and corrugated iron roofs. The farm buildings are arranged around a courtyard and include four ranges.

The east range, which adjoins the north end of West Forde Farmhouse, is a two-storey implement store. It has doors at both ends, a plain unglazed window between them, and another window above. The larger left-hand door includes a loading hatch. The north range is a linhay with 11 bays, classified as Alocks Type T1. The left three bays have been converted into a granary, and much of the ground floor front is filled with 20th-century blockwork. The central bay serves as a carriageway and is open to the roof.

The west range is a large barn that is terraced into a slope, with a shippon in the basement. This barn rises above a granary on the right and an engine house on the left, featuring a roof that is half-hipped at each end. The volcanic rubble basement has six segmental-headed arches, though three in the middle are now blocked. A flight of stone steps leads up to the large barn doorway, which opens to the threshing floor. The barn itself has cob walls and two small windows, one above the other, at the left end.

The south range contains stables with haylofts above. The lower part is constructed of volcanic rubble, while the upper part is plastered cob. The ground floor features four doors, each with a window to the left, and the left end stable is larger than the others. There are three loading hatches above, and the gable-ended roof is slated. All roofs are supported by A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars, and the six trusses in the barn rest on tie beams. Inside the barn, the plastered walls display several graffiti, the oldest of which is dated 1838.