farmyard complex — LISATILLISTER

The saved account records: Farmyard complex, built c.1860, comprising two-storey house with two-bay first floor and three-bay ground floor, with gabled windbreak to east end of front (south) elevation, and series of three single-bay single-storey outbuildings attached to east end gable, and single-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to west gable.

The saved account records: Two detached single-storey outbuildings to (front) south of site forming western boundary to yard.

The saved account records: Pitched slate roof, with cast-iron rainwater goods, and with red brick chimneystacks to house.

The saved account records: Outbuildings having pitched corrugated-iron roofs, whitewashed rubble stone walls and square-headed openings with timber battened doors.

farmyard complex — LISATILLISTER matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: These buildings appear to have been built on the site of older structures. They present an interesting example of a vernacular farmyard that retains simple geometric forms, small scale, and locally-sourced materials. The arrangement of outbuildings built against the gable walls of the house and forming a linear group of structures creates a sheltered south-facing yard. The small window openings and narrow plan are features of the vernacular tradition. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.