Halshanger Farmhouse And Attached Courtyard Of Buildings With Central Dung Pit

Halshanger Farmhouse and attached courtyard of buildings with a central dung pit were built between 1840 and 1887, originally serving as the home farmstead for Halshanger Manor, which stands 50 metres to the east. The buildings are constructed of stone rubble with dressed granite detailing and have slated roofs, with red-brick chimneys. The layout is a square cobbled courtyard, accessed through a covered gateway on the north side. The farmhouse occupies the southeast corner and blends architecturally with the surrounding buildings. The ground floor contains shippons (animal shelters) and a stable, while a cartshed is located in the northeast corner, accessible from the outside. Lofts are positioned above, along with a bank barn featuring two threshing floors on the west side. A large, round dung pit sits at the centre of the courtyard, enclosed by a low stone-rubble wall with roughly-squared granite coping. An iron water-wheel is situated at the south end of the barn. To the west of the buildings is a former mowhay (rickyard), notable for its granite staddle-stones (now lacking their mushroom tops). The interior of the farmhouse was not inspected. Some shippons feature cobbled floors and red-brick feeding troughs, along with machinery related to the water-wheel.