Lower Lewden Farmhouse

Lower Lewden Farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings, was built in the early 17th and early 18th centuries and restored in 1925. The house is constructed of deeply-coursed, dressed sandstone with a stone slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan. The entrance front has two storeys and originally had a 2:3 window arrangement on the first floor, although the windows have been renewed and likely date from the 1925 restoration. The left-hand wing features a double-chamfered, quoined doorway flanked by a single-light window to the right and a two-light window to the left, with two two-light windows above. A stair projection, set under a cat-slide roof in the angle with the main range, has a 17th-century two-light mullioned window with a hoodmould. The main range on the right has a doorway to the left of two four-light mullioned windows with dripstones, followed by mullioned windows of four, two, and three lights above. An infilling restoration plaque is dated 1925. The left-hand wing has a stack at the front eaves, while the main range has a corniced ridge stack. The rear of the house retains much of its original fenestration. The early 17th-century part on the right has a lateral stack with a corniced shaft, a two-light mullioned window with a hoodmould, a four-light window with a hoodmould, and an altered two-light window. The 18th-century part on the left has a 20th-century conservatory enclosing an original chamfered doorway and window, a double-chamfered two-light window with a cornice, two similar windows on the first floor, and a small chamfered light on the right. On the left return, a 20th-century conservatory is flanked by 24-pane sash windows on both floors. Inside, a stone staircase, now encased, is located in an outshut, and there’s some oak panelling at the head of the stairs.