Templevalley House

Farmyard complex, built c. 1780, comprising three ranges of two-storey outbuildings to north, west and south sides of courtyard, with two-storey dwelling house and yard entrance forming east side. South range partly three-storey, due to fall in ground. Outbuilding ranges all have pitched slate roofs and partly roughcast rendered rubble sandstone walls. Multiple-bay west range is stable block, higher than other ranges, has bellcotes to each gable, northern having round-headed bell opening with bell and southern being false, with round-headed recess, and presents seven bays to yard frontage, with square-headed openings, having timber louvers and timber battened pitching door to first floor and timber battened half-doors to ground floor, all with roughly dressed stone voussoirs. Nine-bay north and south ranges have square-headed window openings and one pitching door each to upper floors with timber lintels and louvered fittings, and segmental-arched doorways and vehicular entrances to ground floors, with roughly dressed stone voussoirs and timber battened doors. Some round-arched doorways to north range, and rendered chimneystack to south range. Dwelling is three-bay, built c. 1900, incorporating easternmost bay and ground floor of next bay of north outbuilding range, and recent flat-roofed extension to angle, with pitched slate roof, brick chimneystacks, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed replacement uPVC windows with render sills and round-headed timber panelled double-leaf door with fanlight, approached by limestone steps, with lawn to front, terrace to front of house being accessed by flight of limestone steps.

This farm complex has impressive ranges of substantial outbuildings and was clearly built as a formal layout, behind the current replacement for an older Templevalley House, the limestone steps of which survive. The outbuildings are solidly built with good quality materials used throughout and retain many interesting features and materials such as the slate roofs and sandstone voussoirs to the arches. The west range retains its bellcotes, one of them, unusually, being a dummy. The variety of square-headed, segmental and round-headed openings adds interest to the complex. The southern building may be the oldest range, as it has some blocked openings and a varied section. The outbuildings form part of a working farm and stables.