Farm Steading, Marygold

Farm Steading, Marygold

This farm steading dates possibly from the late 18th century but was substantially rebuilt and altered, largely during the mid 19th century. The buildings form a near U-plan arrangement comprising multiple ranges of varying height and purpose.

The complex consists of an L-plan range to the east, a long range to the north, and two separate stable blocks forming a range to the west. The eastern range includes a single-storey, 8-bay stable block. The northern range is the most complex, comprising a 2-storey, 7-bay cartshed and granary to the right, a taller 2-storey, 3-bay block adjoined to its left, a single-storey, 5-bay range in the subsequent bay to the left, with two lower single-storey blocks of 3 and 4 bays adjoined to the outer left. The western range consists of two single-storey, 4-bay stable blocks.

The buildings are constructed predominantly of harl-pointed whinstone rubble with tooled cream sandstone rubble dressings. Architectural detailing includes tooled quoins and tooled long and short surrounds to openings, with projecting cills throughout. Doors are boarded timber, some with modern canopies added.

The north range's south elevation features the 7-bay cartshed and granary with regularly-spaced segmental-arched cart openings at ground level, two of which have been blocked to the outer left. Above these are 3-pane upper windows with vented lower windows aligned at first-floor level. A gabled door breaks the eaves line in a further bay to the outer right. The adjoining taller 2-storey block has 2-leaf sliding timber doors at ground in the bay to the right, single windows at ground in the remaining bays to the left, and squat vented windows aligned at first-floor level. The further single-storey block adjoined to the left features timber doors in the outer bays with three narrow arrowslit openings set between. The adjoining 3-bay block has a stable door at centre with flanking single windows. The 4-bay block to the outer left has a single window offset to the left of centre with stable doors in the remaining bays. The north rear elevation was not seen at the time of survey in 1998.

The east range's west elevation shows a 4-bay range to the right with boarded timber doors in two bays to the left and single windows in two bays to the right, with 3-tier mounting steps centred at ground level. The adjoining taller 4-bay block has a 2-leaf timber door in the penultimate bay to the outer left and stable doors in the remaining bays. The east rear elevation presents a blind elevation to the lower range to the left, with a single window offset to the right of centre in the taller adjoining range. A 2-storey gabled block to the outer right has single windows centred at both floors. The south side elevation features a modern garage door centred at ground with an arrowslit opening aligned in the gablehead.

The west range's east elevation shows a 4-bay block to the right with a single window in the outer left bay, a timber door offset to the left of centre, and stable doors in the remaining two bays to the right. The adjoining lower 4-bay block to the left has a stable door offset to the left of centre, a single window in the outer left bay, a sliding timber door offset to the right of centre, and a single door in the outer right bay. The west rear elevation features single windows centred in both blocks.

Windows throughout are predominantly fitted with small-pane glazing in timber frames, with small rooflights added. Roofs are covered in grey slate with stone-coped skews and cast-iron rainwater goods. A single brick-built ridge stack stands to the east.

The interiors feature stables with whitewashed rubble walls, boarded timber stalls, ball-finalled newels, and iron hay-racks. The remainder of the interiors were not seen at the time of survey in 1998.

Rubble-coped, rubble boundary walls partially enclose the site.