Stoney Lane Farmhouse

Stoney Lane Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid 17th century, with alterations made in the early 19th century and further changes in the 20th century. It is constructed from coursed rubble sandstone with quoins, plain gables, and brick gable chimneys topped with clay pots, all covered by a stone slate roof.

The north elevation features three storeys and a three-bay main range, with a lower two-storey range attached to the east gable. There is a central porch that extends to full height, with a single off-centre doorway beneath a massive lintel, leading to a plain plank door. The east bay has a two-light 19th-century glazing bar casement set within a former 17th or 18th-century opening that originally had three lights. There is a blocked light from an earlier window with remnants of a wooden surround, all beneath a continuous drip mould. On the first floor, there is a single two-light 20th-century casement in both the east and west bays.

The south elevation displays stacked window openings beneath wedge lintels, consisting of two and three lights. Round floor openings have been inserted below the hoodmoulds and labels of former 17th-century mullioned windows, with the inner jambs of both still surviving. Above these, there are three-light casements with projecting stone cills and wedge lintels on the first and second floors, featuring 20th-century joinery.

A stone lean-to on the eastern bay covers the junction with the lower range and connects with a 20th-century lean-to, both of which enclose the ground floor of the lower range. The west gable is now covered with lined-out cement render and includes a full-height external stack and a two-light chamfer-mullioned window beneath a drip mould, all of which are now rendered.

Inside, the 17th-century two-bay range has exposed spine beams and joists in the ground and first floor rooms. The eastern ground floor room features a slightly cambered hearth beam with an 18th-century stone surround and a massive lintel, now with a brick hearth. There are plain plank doors, some unpainted, with random width boarding set within framed-up doorcases that are chamfered.