Stables And Cart Shed Immediately South South East Of Lower Cockhill Farmhouse

The building is a stable and cart-shed range located immediately southeast of Lower Cockhill Farmhouse, dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with dressed stone quoins and features a gable-ended roof covered in corrugated iron sheets.

The structure is rectangular in plan, with the stables situated at the north end and a two-bay cart-shed at the south end. It is one storey high with a loft. The west front has a projection on the right, featuring an open-fronted two-bay cart-shed. There is a central doorway with chamfered stone jambs and a chamfered timber lintel, along with a window on the left that has a 20th-century metal frame. The north gable end has a wide doorway on the right, which is partly blocked and has a smaller door inserted. Above this doorway is a wooden ovolo-moulded three-light window frame with carpenter's mitres. The rear, or east side, has a window on the right with a 20th-century metal frame and blocked cart entrances on the left. There is also a loft doorway in the south gable end.

Inside, the stables at the north end feature two unchamfered cross-beams and one deeply chamfered cross-beam with hollow-step stops at one end. The joists are unchamfered. The roof is made of elm and consists of six bays with two tiers of tenoned purlins, common rafters, and a diagonal ridgepiece. The two trusses at the north end have dovetail halved and lapped collars, while the two trusses at the south end have later collars nailed to the principals at a high level.