The Horn Farmhouse And Steading, Errol

The Horn Farmhouse and Steading in Errol dates from the late 18th century, with additions made by David Neave in 1820. This two-storey, four-bay farmhouse features a piend roof and is built with solid clay walls, forming part of a large steading that includes a classically detailed dovecot. The exterior is harled clay with stone margins and squared rubble, some of which has droved dressings, and the building has chamfered arrises.

On the southeast elevation, which faces the entrance and steading courtyard, there is a part-glazed boarded timber door to the right at ground level and a window to the left. The first floor has four windows positioned close to the eaves. To the left, there is a cartshed and granary, while to the right is a barn with a hayloft range and a single-storey bothy.

The northwest elevation, which is the rear, features two small windows at ground level in the centre and left bays, with an additional small window on the first floor to the left. The windows throughout the building have 4- and 12-pane glazing patterns in timber sash and case, except for the first-floor northwest window, which has a plate glass casement. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are coped brick stacks with thackstanes and some cans.

The steading is constructed from slated, coursed, and squared rubble, with droved ashlar and squared rubble dressings.

In the west courtyard, the range that includes the dovecot, cartshed, and granary features a classical piended south elevation with full-height corniced pilasters and a dormer pediment. This pediment has an arched recess containing a consoled and corniced door, and the dovecot has a three-tier design with bowed alighting ledges and round-headed flight holes. The east elevation has five square-headed cart arches below granary openings close to the eaves, along with a stone forestair and a boarded timber loft door to the left.

The east range consists of two broad piended bays, with the left bay having a door to the right and a vertically-astragalled three-light window below a boarded timber hayloft opening, which has a timber canopy and a door to the left. The right bay is a single-storey with a window and another opening obscured by vegetation. The south elevation of this range is blank.

To the south of the courtyard is an implements shed, which is a slated brick range featuring semicircular windows on the west side and an open east elevation supported by cast-iron columns, with a decorative centre dormered bay.

There are further ranges of various rubble cattle courts and other structures to the west and south, including a horsemill, which was not visible in 2000.