Farm Buildings At Snows Farm

The farm buildings at Snows Farm consist of a barn, an open-fronted cart-shed, and a former stable, dating to the early 18th century or earlier, with additions from the early to mid-19th century. They are constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with roofs of corrugated iron, stone slate, and concrete tiles.

The long east-west barn range runs parallel to the farmhouse (listed separately). It has a gabled end facing the road. The front of the barn features a square loading door at eaves level on the left, a small double lancet window carved from a single stone in plain reveals, and a stable door. Further along, a full-height pair of plank doors are set alongside a smaller plank door set under a wooden lintel. The barn and cart-shed have corrugated roofs.

To the left, and set back, is the former stable, with a reinstated stone slate roof. It has a pitching opening and stable door in the gable facing the farmhouse, along with 2 small gabled casement dormers. A rear door is accessed by a short flight of steps. At the opposite end of the barn is the cart-shed, a small unit with an L-shaped plan, supported by 4 short, tapered round piers constructed of coursed rubble. The rear and end walls are also in rubble. This cart-shed is attached to a later 19th-century gabled shed with a concrete tiled roof, which has doors facing east. Large, open-textured stones form the plinth and foundations to both the barn and this outbuilding.

Inside the barn, there are 4 bays of early trusses with 2 purlins and tie-beams, one exhibiting queen-post strutting. A blocked opening in the rear wall, opposite the main doors and only half-depth, likely once contained a pair of loading doors at a higher level. The low cart-shed has 3 and 2 bays of rough trusses with flush purlins and tie-beams.

Together with the farmhouse, these buildings form a historically and architecturally significant group.