Survey Data
Reg No
32313016
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Coopershill originally Cooperhill House
Original Use
Farmyard complex
In Use As
Factory
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
172789, 320719
Date Recorded
19/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Complex of single- and two-storey stone farm buildings, built c. 1830. Thirteen-bay single-storey range to north running full length of yard, single-storey L-plan lean-to stall buildings to east and south, two-storey gable-fronted projecting block to centre of south side dividing complex into two yards, single-storey range to west, modern single-storey extension linking west range and central block. Now in use as food processing facility. Pitched slate roofs, hipped to west range, corrugated-asbestos to part of north range, clay ridge and hip tiles, smooth-rendered stepped and corbelled chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, cast-iron columns carrying outer edge of stall buildings. Uncoursed rubble limestone walls, cut limestone quoins, cut limestone verge copings to gables of two-storey block. Round-headed window openings to north range, yellow brick surrounds (some painted), tooled limestone sills, painted twelve-over-eight timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to central block, block-and-start yellow brick surrounds, limestone sills, vertically-sheeted timber panels, with some cast-iron fixed casements. Round-headed door openings to north range, yellow brick surrounds, spoke wheel fanlights, painted timber panelled doors. Set in grounds of private demesne with walled garden to south, surrounded by mature farmland.
Appraisal
This is a fine example of a formally-planned demesne farmyard, with fine rubble masonry and brick detailing. It has been well maintained through re-use. The arrangement of single- and two-storey ranges is typical of the design of such agricultural complexes. With a walled garden to its south, the farmyard forms an interesting composition which is important to the overall character of this well-presented demesne.