Engine House In S Range, Bankhead Farm

This is a group of farm buildings dating back to the early 19th century, with additions made in the later 19th and 20th centuries. The buildings form an irregular courtyard, accessed through a narrow passage to the east.

The north range contains a single-story-and-attic rectangular farmhouse, flanked by a former stable and byre to the east and a former dairy to the west. A two-story range to the west includes a rectangular threshing barn, the base of a circular horse mill, and further outbuildings to the south. The south range features a two-story, L-shaped former mill at a right angle to the courtyard, alongside a single-story former covered cattle court to the east.

The buildings are primarily constructed from dark, snecked rubble sandstone, with some buildings having buff sandstone dressings. The stable and byre have been harled with sandstone margins.

The farmhouse is centrally positioned with a three-bay design and a central door to the south elevation, featuring two canted dormers. The stable and byre to the right have margined doors and windows, and the dairy to the left is a single-story building.

The threshing barn is divided into four sections: a two-bay north section incorporating the footing of the horse mill to the west, and three further single-bay sections stepping down to the left. The barn has irregular window and door openings.

The mill is L-shaped and the cattle court is single-story with a pentice-roofed addition that projects forward with a gabled double-leaf door. The south elevation features a mill gable. A long, slightly convex rubble wall with brick sweeping connects to the west range and a boundary wall sets back the cattle court to the right.

Traditional four-pane timber sash and case windows are found in the farmhouse; other openings have timber boarding. There are ashlar-coped skews, some Scotch slate roofs, and some Welsh slate roofs. The buildings have corniced rubble gable stacks and some brick stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods are in place. A whin sett road and pavement run between the north and south ranges.

Internally, the byre and stable have whin sett floors. A sawbench and circular saw are located next to the engine house.

Various rubble boundary walls with single-sided copes enclose the site to the north and east.