Toolerstone

Toolerstone is an early 17th-century farmhouse, extended in the 18th century and later altered in 1913 by Colonel J Saner. It is constructed of dressed red sandstone blocks, with brick extensions and some 20th-century timber framing. The roof is covered in Welsh slate, with a stone ridge and brick chimneys. The building’s original form was a two-room gable-entry house, which has since evolved into an L-shaped plan. The west front has two storeys and five bays. The original stone portion features a highly moulded band at the first floor. Below this are 20th-century three-light and paired two- and three-light chamfered mullioned windows. Above are two- and three-light wood mullioned windows set within gabled half-dormers. The left-hand bay, constructed of brick, contains an original stone mullioned window, which has been moved. The right-hand two bays have simple brick castellations, a studded door and wood-mullioned windows featuring terracotta facemask keyblocks. The south and east fronts have timber-framed upper floors, along with a gabled timber porch.

Inside, the original section boasts a stone heck with a shaped jamb supporting a bead-moulded bressumer, and chamfered ceiling beams. The remaining interior features date to the early 20th century.