Description

Earlier 19th century probably incorporating earlier fabric, altered. Small courtyard steading with fine outward facing cartshed and granary with integral henhouse. Coursed and random rubble with dressed ashlar and squared rubble margins. Voussoirs. Slated roofs.

W (CARTSHED AND GRANARY) RANGE:

W ELEVATION: 5 segmental-headed cart arches with squat dividing piers, small square opening to outer left and slope of henhouse roof to outer right; 5 granary openings above.

E (COURTYARD) ELEVATION: door to left with 3 granary openings above, lean-to henhouse to outer left with door below blocked high level entry and stone ledge. N range adjoining at outer right.

S ELEVATION: gable end with full-width projecting lean-to henhouse, small segmental-headed (kennel?) opening close to ground at right.

INTERIOR: henhouse lined with brick and stone nesting boxes.

E (STABLES) RANGE: lower piended bay to S with rounded angles. Variety of stable and pedestrian door and window openings to E and W. N elevation opening enlarged for modern machinery access.

INTERIOR: cobbled setts to stable floor.

N (IMPLEMENT SHED) RANGE: openings blocked to each elevation, large 2-leaf sliding door to S. Overlapping slates.

Statement of Interest

The nearby farmhouse is not included in this listing. West Leys appears on Stobie's map. Formerly with horse mill, the property has been owned by the present family since 1926.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17840850

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)