Survey Data
Reg No
12400921
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Farmyard complex
In Use As
Farmyard complex
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
241931, 167370
Date Recorded
01/01/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Farmyard complex, c.1800, about a courtyard including: (i) Attached seven-bay single-storey stable outbuilding to north-east. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and iron rainwater goods on roughcast eaves. Painted roughcast walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with no sills, and timber casement windows. Square-headed door openings with timber boarded doors and half-doors. Set back from road in grounds shared with Clone House. (iii) Attached seven-bay two-storey stable outbuilding to north with pair of elliptical-headed carriageways to ground floor. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and iron rainwater goods on roughcast eaves. Painted roughcast walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and louvered panel fittings. Round-headed door opening with timber boarded half-door having overlight. Pair of elliptical-headed carriageways to ground floor with double doors. (iv) Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding to west. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rubble limestone gabled bellcote to apex to south (with pointed-arch aperture having remains of fittings for cast-iron bell), and no rainwater goods surviving on squared rubble limestone eaves. Random rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, lintels, and remains of casement windows.
Appraisal
A collection of pleasant modest-scale and middle-size agricultural ranges forming a neat self-contained farmyard complex enhancing the group and setting values of the Clone House estate. Having been well maintained to present an early aspect the retention of the original composition attributes together with most of the historic fabric ensures that the ensemble continues to contribute significantly to the character of the site.