Stockyard II, Leighton Farm

Consisting of a yard bounded by a brick wall with gateway on S side and with ranges to house stock on the W, N and E sides; of brick with slate roof. The N range is double-pitched and open to the yard on timber posts (with the walls of modern sheds added). The E range has 5 doorways (of which 2 have modern lintels and the remainder are round-headed) and skylights in the roof. To the W are cow houses consisting of 2 parallel ranges with their gable ends facing the farm road to N. These have coped gables on moulded kneelers. The W range has a vent ridge with a round-headed louvred opening in the gable above a wide round-headed doorway with stone imposts and wooden gate. The E range has an infilled bullseye window above a round-headed blind arch with stone imposts, within which is a round-headed window. The vent ridge of the W range has some louvred panels but is otherwise glazed. The W wall of the W range has segmental-headed windows with louvres; the N wall of the N range facing the farm road has similar openings. (The W range culminates at the S end in a barn.) The stockyard is laid with concrete but is said to have a sump beneath the surface into which manure was swept, from where it entered a system of conduits to be pumped up to the top of Moel y Mab for redistribution as fertiliser.

The W range has queen-post roofs with raking struts. The N range has king-post roofs with raking struts.