Farm Buildings East Of Homestead Farmhouse With Walls And Gates

This group of farm buildings, including a bank barn, stables, and piggery, dates primarily to the late 18th century and 19th century. The buildings are constructed of rubble and have slate roofs. They enclose a square yard immediately to the east of Homestead Farmhouse.

Along Hanging Lane, to the south, is a two-unit range with a stepped roof. A loading door with a slate sill provides access to the upper level of the right-hand half. The gable on the right has a small two-light window with a brick head; the left gable is plain. A rubble boundary wall, approximately 1 meter high, with on-edge stone coping extends from this range, featuring a pair of square piers with flat slab cappings and an iron gate with spearhead and dog bars, positioned opposite the farmhouse porch. This wall continues along the full width of the house frontage.

Inside the yard, at a lower level, there are two broad open segmental arches on a central brick pier to the left, and a plank door low to the left and a loading door centered above in the right half. Adjacent to the right is a rubble wall leading to a large square pier and a gate with spearhead bars, accessed via five stone steps, extending towards the house frontage.

The front range continues as a boundary wall of approximately 3.5 meters in height along Ilkerton Hill, with slate coping and a tiled ridge over a wide segmental-headed opening and gate. This wall connects with the left gable, stepping up beyond the gateway and abutting the gable end of the barn. Behind the wall, to the right, is a range of pigsties with a lean-to slated roof and three plank doorways; concrete block walls enclose the feeding spaces.

The long barn range has a small two-light window with a brick head on the outer gable, and the yard frontage features a central plank door on a staircase leading to the upper level, with a flight of stone steps over an arched recess to the ground-floor doors. To the left are two plank doors with a small window to the right. The outer face, overlooking the field at a higher level, has a full-height pair of plank doors in the center, with a small square opening to the right, alongside a lean-to with a doorway. The left end of this barn overlaps with the rear of the farmhouse, providing a throughway.

The grassed yard retains areas of original cobbled flooring. The interiors of the farm buildings are not accessible. This group, along with the farmhouse, represents a well-preserved example of a northern Exmoor farm, of considerable historical interest.