Swinnock Hall And Attached Cowhouse And Barn

Swinnock Hall is a farmhouse with an attached cowhouse and barn, dating from the late 17th century, although the house was extensively rebuilt in the 19th century. The house is constructed of ashlar gritstone, while the cowhouse features cruck framing and coursed gritstone rubble, all under stone slate roofs. The house has a square gabled plan with the cowhouse and barn attached to the left side. It is two storeys high with two windows on the first floor. There is a part-glazed door to the right and a four-light double-chamfered mullion and transom window with a king mullion to the left, which has a dripmould above it. On the first floor, there are double-chamfered mullion windows with hoodmoulds, four-lights to the left, and formerly two-lights to the right. The twin gables feature small square lights, carved kneelers, and cavetto-moulded copings. There are two corniced ashlar ridge stacks. The rear of the house has a symmetrical 19th-century garden front with a chamfered plinth at sill height. It features a central part-glazed door in an ashlar surround, flanked by plate glass sashes, and a dripmould above. Similar sashes are present on the first floor with projecting sills and hoodmoulds, and the twin gables are repeated. The right return has double-chamfered mullion windows with iron casements and a dripmould, while the left return features a gabled dormer at the eaves. The attached cowhouse and barn has a central elliptical-arched cart entry, with a boarded door to the left and a window and door to the right. Inside, there are three cruck pairs and various inserted partition walls. The right cruck truss is uniquely closed above the tie beam level with a crude infill of horizontal laths nailed to vertical studs, which is an uncommon survival. A 20th-century conservatory is attached to the left return of the house but is not of special interest.