The Lilacs

The Lilacs is a late 17th-century farmhouse that has been extensively restored and is now subdivided. It is built from coursed and squared sandstone rubble and features a Welsh slate roof. The building has two storeys and a three-unit plan, resulting from several phases of construction. The original section may have been a single unit on the left, with an outer gable and a short section that possibly remains from the original main range. There is an inserted sash-type window in an earlier opening on the ground floor, and above it, a four-light mullioned window beneath a coped gable. A massive projecting stack is located on the west return elevation. The entrance is in a gabled porch at an angle with the higher central block, featuring a central door flanked by two-light mullioned windows and stone mullioned windows above. The high roof has coped gables and moulded kneelers. To the east, there is a lower wide gabled range that is buttressed against its south wall and has inserted windows on each floor, with a door in a lean-to porch on the side.