Cowhouse 25 Metres West Of Mount Pleasant Farmhouse

The building is a cowhouse located 25 metres west of Mount Pleasant Farmhouse, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed from coursed squared rubble limestone with gritstone dressings, featuring quoins, plain eaves, and a stone slate roof. The cowhouse has a symmetrical two-storey elevation, with four ground floor doorways that have massive quoined surrounds. There is a full-height central taking-in door on the first floor, also with a quoined surround, flanked by stone-framed square doorways. The doors are plain planked. The walling on both floors includes rectangular gritstone blocks with ventilation loopholes. At the east end, there is an attached and recessed lower outbuilding from the early 19th century. This outbuilding is two storeys high with two bays, featuring single lights in chamfered surrounds and cast iron Gothic frames on the first floor, as well as two square ground floor openings with small paned frames flanking a central doorway that has a quoined surround and a planked door.