Part of L-Plan Farm Ranges about 20m E.of Downton Farmhouse

The building is part of an L-plan farm range located about 20 meters east of Downton Farmhouse.

The cowhouse, dating from the 17th century, forms the south side of the range. It is two storeys high, with a rubble plinth and a weatherboard exterior. The iron roof features seven boarded doors and boarded loft shutters. Although internal inspection is not possible, square-panel timber framing is visible where some weatherboards are missing.

Adjoining the north-east corner of the cowhouse is a 19th-century barn that has five bays. It also has a rubble plinth and stud walls with a weatherboard skin, topped with a slate roof. The barn includes a threshing bay with eaves-height double doors and pegged king-post roof trusses.

At a right angle to the north-west corner of the barn is a 19th-century stable. This structure is made of neat rubble stone and has a slate roof, stone voussoir flat arches, a boarded gable end door, a part-glazed window, and a boarded loft shutter.

Finally, there are open-fronted cowsheds from the 19th century that adjoin the north end of the barn. These have a rubble stone rear wall and a slate roof, with open bays divided by chamfered timber posts featuring ogee-moulded eaves brackets.