Agricultural range at Braint

Agricultural range in courtyard layout, comprising 4 connected ranges. The SW range has a 4-bay corn barn (dated 1792) with a 3-bay lofted stable attached to the NW gable, and a single storey cowhouse attached to the SE gable, which returns to form cowhouse ranges to the SE and NE. The lofted stable is abutted to the NE by a lofted twin bay cartshed (dated 1829), which is abutted by a single storey 5-bay cowhouse.

The SW range: Corn barn with rubble walls and roof of small slates, with unusual dressed stone ridge pieces. Full-height, wide, opposing central doors with later segmentally arched brick heads with dripcourse. The door is flanked by 2 tall ventilation slits; that to the L end of the SW elevation has been widened, probably to take a drive belt. The attached lofted stable is of similar construction. The loft is accessed via a stone staircase on the NW gable; boarded door to loft. 4-light window to NW elevation. There is a blocked doorway in the SW elevation, with a roofless stone walled lean-to attached to the SW wall. The stable has a single door in the NE elevation; a boarded door with 4-light overlight. Small window to the R.

The NW range: Twin-bay granary-cartshed abuts stable. Rubble walls, slate roof with stone copings. Wide cart bays with shallow basket arches formed of stone voussoirs, with dripcourses. Set between the doorways, at loft level, is a full-height doorway, now mostly infilled with brickwork (with a small 3-light window left). There is an original small 6-light granary window to the L. Above the archway to L is a slate tablet inscribed 'O.W.' over '1829'. The granary loft is accessed via stone staircase against the rear (SE) elevation; boarded door. There is a small 4-pane granary window in the centre of the rear elevation. Brick dove boxes built into NE gable. Attached to NE gable of the cartshed is a 1-storey, 5-bay cowhouse; rubble walls with roof of profiled asbestos sheeting. There is a central door in either long wall, flanked by iron-framed windows. Cut doorway in NE gable wall with brick jambs, with window above to former loft (now removed).

The SE and NE ranges: Single storey cowhouse and hammel range; rubble walls with roof of profiled asbestos sheeting. Wide doors to the SW end of the SE range, opening onto hammel yard. The NE range has 3 former wide openings on the NE elevation (facing away from the yard), now blocked to form narrow openings with doors and windows.

The corn barn was originally of 5 bays, now 4 bays after the bay to the right was re-modelled when adjoining buildings were added. Collared trusses with pegged half-dovetail collars, and two rows of square purlins. The date '1792' is painted onto the collar to the NW of the threshing floor.