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The Dairies
 The Dairies are a pair of historic buildings on the Castle Howard estate, in North Yorkshire, in England. The east house (54°07′27″N 0°54′35″W / 54.12407°N 0.90969°W) is the older of the two, designed by John Vanbrugh and completed in about 1720, with various later alterations.[1] The western house (54°07′25″N 0°54′41″W / 54.12352°N 0.91140°W), incorporating a coach house, was constructed in the early 19th century and was later used for farm storage.[2] Llewellyn Hall describes the east house as "a pretty building picturesquely placed", in a hollow by a lake.[3] The estate maintained a dairy herd through the centuries,[4] until 2000.[5] The east house was grade II listed in 1949, and upgraded to grade II* in 1987,[1] when the west house was listed at grade II.[2] The east house, with two pavilions and a connecting wall to the left, were designed by John Vanbrugh, and are in sandstone. The house has a moulded cornice, a low parapet with urns on the corners, and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The doorway has an architrave, a decorated pulvinated frieze, and a moulded pediment on consoles. The windows are sashes in architraves, with stepped keystones. The adjacent pavilion has one storey and three bays, and has casement windows and a hipped roof. The connecting wall is coped, and contains a doorway with a flat arch, and the end pavilion has two storeys, a single bay, casement windows and a hipped roof. At the rear is a Venetian window and a pediment.[1][6] The west house and coach house are in limestone under a hipped Westmorland slate roof. The coach house to the left has two storeys and six bays, and contains a blind arcade with round arches and an impost band. The doorway has a fanlight, and the windows have fixed lights. The house has two storeys and two bays, and overhanging eaves. The round-arched doorway has a rusticated surround and a fanlight, and the windows are sashes.[2][6] See alsoReferences
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