U-Plan Farmhouse Ranges at Rickeston Hall

The U-Plan Farmhouse Ranges at Rickeston Hall are constructed from rubble stone with slate roofs, surrounding a grassed area that was previously cobbled. The long west range, dating from the early 19th century, extends north and south and is in poor condition, particularly where the two ranges meet at the northwest angle. Both ranges feature a band of brick doveboxes and have three bays on their fronts, with stone voussoirs above the cowshed doors. There is 20th-century buttressing present.

The west range continues to the left with a door and a loft-light above it, followed by a widely spaced row of three cart-entries that have cambered heads and stone voussoirs. To the left end, there is a door with a brick head and a window. The range then returns along the south side to enclose steps leading up to a later, taller lofted cartshed, which has three small square loft lights under the eaves and one broad cambered cart-entry on the right side of the ground floor. Attached at the northeast angle is a roofless two-storey block that was enlarged from a former lean-to, along with a roofless former pig-sty beyond. The east end of the lofted cartshed features another cart-entry, accessed from outside the yard, beneath the platform of the outside steps leading to the upper loft door. This cart-entry has a broad arch with cut-stone voussoirs and an eroded plaque above, which is said to have once displayed a coat of arms from a medieval mansion. The loft door also has stone voussoirs, and there are three loft lights on the outside of the south wall.

On the north side of the yard, there is a later 19th-century two-storey, two-window range attached to the return range of the cow-house. This range has brick cambered window surrounds and a slate roof, and it was used as a machine shed. To the east, there is a double-fronted stable for stallions built in 1885 by W W Griffiths, which has a plaque on the east gable. This stable features a window, a door, and another window, all with cambered brick heads. The windows have five-pane top-lights over slatted vents. Inside, there are seven stalls and a loose box, with a cobbled floor. The rear of the older west range facing the road has very few openings and has roofs that are hipped at angles.

The yard is accessed from the northeast and southeast through entrances marked by circular rubble stone gatepiers, with a stone boundary wall on the east side leading towards the main forecourt of the house. Additionally, there is a rubble wall extending from the rear of the south range to a pair of circular rubble stone piers on the main entry drive.