Farm Buildings To South Of Markenfield Hall

SE 26 NE MARKINGFIELD HALL HELL WATH LANE (west end)

5/57 Farm buildings to south of Markenfield Hall (formerly 6.3.67 listed as Farm buildings at Markenfield Hall (outside the moat)).

GV II

Farm building. C16 and C18 with mid C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, stone slate roof, partly replaced by corrugated asbestos. 2 blocks, each ranged around a courtyard, flanking the route to the moat and gatehouse. The main (north) facade of each block, facing Markenfield Hall, is of 1 and 2 storeys and 7 bays. North front, west block: central single-storey range, 5 bays, has central round arch with board door, flanked by mullion windows with gables over containing plaques with carvings of a shield and a banner. 1- and 2-light mullion windows throughout. 2-storey corner block far left, with hipped roof; tall gable end of barn to right, with 5-light window. East block: similar arrangement, but with 3 round arches and a plaque with the date 1853. Hipped roof to corner block, right, and steps up to door in gable end of possible C16 barn with principal rafter roof. Both covered yards are enclosed by rubble walls with weather-boarding above. Blocked openings suggest that the walls originally belonged to outbuildings which enclosed both yards in the C19. J S Miller,"Restoration work at Markenfield Hall, 1981-4," Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol 57, 1985, p 102.

Listing NGR: SE2948367298