Two Parallel Barns with Linking Sheds at Plas Ashpool

The building consists of two parallel barns with linking sheds located at Plas Ashpool. Both barns face the road with their gable ends. Externally, they are constructed of brickwork set on a stone plinth. The linking sheds have a rear wall made of stone similar to the farmyard wall, but they are built of brickwork at the front and rest on a brick plinth. All structures are covered with slate roofs, and the barns feature coped gables on the road side, although the gable walls at the rear are no longer intact.

The cruck barn includes two tiers of side ventilation slits in its brickwork. The gable wall facing the road is obscured by ivy, while the gable wall towards the farmyard is in a ruinous state, retaining some brickwork, ventilation slits, and stone quoins.

The north barn has ventilation slits in its gable facing the road and a walled-up hatch, along with hatches and doors in the side walls.

The cruck barn is notable for its five bays, featuring full crucks of substantial size, lapped tie beams, and pegged collar beams. The crucks are classified as Alcock's type B, spaced approximately 4.5 meters apart. With a volume of 567 cubic meters, this barn is exceptionally large, about double the typical size.

The other barn has four bays to the south-west of a brickwork crosswall and two bays to the north-east, with the north-east section being disroofed and in a ruinous condition. This barn includes a loft floor supported by rolled steel joists, with trusses that have collar beams and strutted tie beams connected by short king posts.