Mansefield, Balgray

Mansefield is a house dating to around 1845. It is a two-storey, rectangular building with three bays. The south elevation is constructed of roughly-faced sandstone, while elsewhere the walls are of snecked rubble with ashlar dressings incorporating grooved edges. The roof is of grey slate, with a piended (hipped) shape. Original windows are 12-pane sash and case style, with projecting sills, and prominent end chimney stacks.

The south elevation is symmetrical, with a central panelled entrance approached by a short flight of steps, a four-pane fanlight above the door, and a simple door surround topped with a small pediment. There is a window to either side of the entrance, and three windows on the first floor. The east gable has two windows positioned asymmetrically on the ground floor, and a single-storey blank bay on the right. The west gable features a ground floor window in the centre, and two windows on the first floor of the outer bays (although one window has a more modern PVC frame). The north elevation has two ground floor windows, a staircase window with 18 panes centrally, and a first floor window to the left. A single-storey projection, likely for service use, extends from the left side, containing a door, two windows, and a later garage door, with a half-piended roof. To the right is a later rubble-built porch with multi-paned timber windows and a half-piended roof.

The interior retains plain cornices, original doors and shutters, and some original chimney pieces. A staircase with decorative cast-iron balusters winds upward, with staggered sections leading to an attic.

Adjacent to Mansefield stands the remains of a former Free Church, dated 1843. This rectangular-plan building is now roofless and constructed of rubble sandstone with ashlar dressings. It has frameless round-headed windows with grooved and chamfered reveals, chamfered door openings, and prominent skewblocks. The south elevation displays four symmetrically placed windows, with a datestone at the centre. There are entrance porches at the left and right return gables. The north elevation has three symmetrically placed windows. The interior has been cleared and converted into a pleasure garden.

A gig house and stable, also dating to around 1845, are single-storey rectangular structures of rubble sandstone with ashlar dressings and a grey slate roof. The south elevation features a door and window on the right, and an original square-headed gig house doorway on the left, with grooved margins and door pins (now with modern doors). The west gable has a 12-pane sash and case window to the left and a hayloft door. Inside, there are three stalls with timber fittings.

A rubble-built ha-ha defines the boundary to the south and east. Two pyramidal-capping ashlar gatepiers mark the entrance to the south, while two round-headed gatepiers stand on the west. A drystane (roughly built) boundary wall runs along the west side. A horse shelter and stable are situated along the north wall; the shelter is now roofless and contains five hitching rings on the rear wall, while the stable has two stalls and a stone slate roof.