Farmyard complex in Colligan Beg

Farmyard complex, c.1840, on a U-shaped plan about a courtyard comprising: (i: south-east range) Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with square-headed carriageway to left. Hipped gabled slate roof with red clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed door opening with replacement glazed timber boarded half-door, c.1990. Square-headed carriageway with replacement timber boarded double sliding doors, c.1990. (ii: east range) Attached five-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with half attic on an L-shaped plan comprising single-bay single-storey portion to north with four-bay single-storey perpendicular range to south. Pitched and hipped gabled slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls with dressed stone quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with no sills, stone lintels, and timber fittings. Square-headed door openings with replacement concrete lintels, c.1990, and replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors, c.1990. (iii: west range) Attached seven-bay single-storey outbuilding with half-attic on an L-shaped plan comprising single-bay single-storey portion to north with six-bay single-storey perpendicular range to south having elliptical-headed carriageway, and single-bay single-storey end bay to south with square-headed carriageway. Renovated, c.1990. Hipped and pitched slate roofs on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on timber eaves. Unpainted replacement cement rendered walls, c.1990. Square-headed window openings with no sills, and timber fittings. Square-headed door openings with replacement timber panelled doors, c.1990. Elliptical-headed carriageway with squared rubble stone voussoirs, and no fittings. Square-headed carriageway to end bay with replacement corrugated-iron rolling door, c.1990.

This collection of outbuildings, traditionally arranged about a shared courtyard, contributes significantly to the historic character of a site that has been compromised by the replacement of the original farmhouse in the late twentieth century. Each of the outbuildings retains its original form, and most of its early fabric.