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

This listing describes a group of farm buildings located about 20 meters east of Downton Farmhouse.

The cowhouse, possibly dating from the 17th century, forms the southern side of the range. It has two storeys, a rubble plinth, a weatherboard skin, and an iron roof. There are seven boarded doors and boarded loft shutters. Although an internal inspection was not possible, square-panel timber-framing is visible where some weatherboards are missing.

The barn, constructed in the 19th century, has five bays and adjoins the north-east corner of the cowhouse. It features a rubble plinth, stud walls with a weatherboard skin, a slate roof, and a threshing bay with eaves-height double doors. Inside, it has pegged king-post roof trusses.

Also from the 19th century, the stable is set at right angles to the north-west corner of the barn. It is built of neat rubble stone with a slate roof, stone voussoir flat arches, a boarded gable end door, a part-glazed window, and a boarded loft shutter.

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