Stalk, Sheriff Hall

Stalk at Sheriff Hall is a quadrangular steading built in 1849, incorporating an earlier building that is currently under conversion. The structure features whinstone rubble with ashlar dressings and includes ancillary buildings and altered courtyard elevations.

On the southeast elevation, there is a cartshed and granary located to the right. This area has recently been converted and features four segmentally arched cart openings with chamfered arrises, along with four square granary openings above. A forestair leads to the granary door in the west gable end. To the left, there is a rubble range raised for a barn at the outer left. The central gateway is flanked by two square ashlar gatepiers with pyramid caps and rubble walls.

The west elevation includes a gabled projection off-centre to the right, which has a gable window. There are also two two-bay cottages with an additional door on the south elevation. At the centre, an octagonal horsemill adjoins a range with a higher ridge running north. A window is blocked to the north, while there is a window to the northwest and two doorways to the southwest. A circular section bing brick stalk, dating from the late 19th century and featuring a moulded neck, is set in the re-entrant angle between the horsemill and the cartshed and granary to the left. To the left of the stalk, there is a hayloft with a gabled dormer that breaks the eaves, along with a segmental arch flanked by two square-headed openings with sliding doors to the outer left, and two square granary windows above. The outer right is enclosed by a projecting wing formed by a rubble parapet wall with ashlar coping.

The building features ashlar coped skews and is roofed with grey slates.