Drem Farm Steading

Drem Farm Steading is an early to mid-19th century farm complex, with later additions. It originally functioned as a Farina Mill, producing potato starch, as evidenced by its depiction on the Ordnance Survey map of 1854. This was a vital process when potato blight rendered the potato crop unsuitable for direct consumption.

The steading comprises a kiln, cartshed, granary, a courtyard with a later vehicular pend and dovecote, and single-storey outbuildings to the west. The buildings are constructed of random rubble with contrasting ashlar dressings. Later additions use squared and snecked rubble. Window reveals are chamfered, and the pend features a semicircular arch.

The kiln has a pyramidal roof with a window at the first floor, and a lean-to addition to the west with doors at both ground and first floor levels. A doorway has been bricked up to the west of the pend, above which is a dovecote with five flight holes set into a gabled ashlar panel. The single-storey outbuildings have two doorways. Openings in the cartshed and granary are currently bricked up. The roofs are slate, with red pantiles on the single-storey range, coped skews, and a corniced ashlar stack.