Former Farmhouse At West Farm

The former farmhouse, with a cottage and stable, dates to the early 18th century, likely incorporating an earlier house. An extension was added in the early 19th century, with a further addition in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins. The roof is stone-flagged with stone gable copings and stone, brick, and rendered chimneys. One section has a Welsh slate roof, another has pantiles, and a rear outshut utilizes corrugated asbestos.

The farmhouse is two low storeys, originally five bays wide, with a single-storey, two-bay stable set to the right. The first two bays feature a renewed front door in a plain stone surround, and square, late-19th century, ground-floor and four-over-eight sash windows in similar surrounds. Three bays project slightly; the left corner was rebuilt nearly to eaves level, with a four-over-eight sash window on the first floor and a horizontal sliding sash below. The second bay has a flat stone lintel over a three-pane overlight and a blocked door flanked by small, blocked square windows, all with plain stone surrounds. A similar lintel and projecting stone sill sit below a sash with glazing bars, possibly replacing a loft door. The third bay has boarded vehicle doors below a four-over-eight sash in a plain stone surround. The right, set-back stable has pierced boarded vehicle doors to the left and boarded Dutch doors to the right. The roof has a moulded kneeler on the left gable coping. There are banded brick chimneys to the left and on the left projection, and a rendered chimney to the right. A large, external rubble stack is truncated on the left return gable. A four-bay, single-storey rear outshut, largely pantiled, features a central open porch.

Inside, a wide, segmental, keyed fire-arch is visible on the ground floor, with wide segmental run-off chamfers to the beams and joists. There is a horizontal plank screen and a two-panel door to the foot of a rear staircase. Similar doors, featuring L-hinges, are found throughout. Another screen is located on the second-floor landing. Cornices are present over the windows in the third bay, the upper section of which is richly carved. The interior also displays cambered beams, with three pegs to the principal rafters which are pegged and cut at the apex to receive the ridge. Two levels of purlins are also visible. The walls are very thick.

The building was derelict when surveyed.