Acre Farmhouse, Mounting Block And Attached Acre House

Acre Farmhouse, together with the attached Acre House, is a house dating from about 1700. A rear wing and a front addition were constructed in the mid-18th century. The building is now divided into two residences and is built of hammer-dressed stone with a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and a three-room plan. Attached at a right angle to the service end is a kitchen with a lean-to roof and a tall stack to the rear. A chamfered, stepped window with two lights over three is in the kitchen. A mounting block, consisting of five steps on either side, is attached to the front of the kitchen. A four-light, chamfered mullioned window is situated above the service end. The doorway has a segmental arched lintel and a cyma-moulded surround. Double-chamfered mullioned windows, without hoodmoulds, are present; those on the first floor have six lights below and five above, similar to the ground floor. A stairwindow with a plain stone surround is visible on the right-hand return wall at mezzanine level. The rear wing originally had six-light, flat-faced mullioned windows on each floor, now altered to form two wide openings. There are three stacks, coped gables with kneelers. Inside the main part of the house, there is a contemporary segmental arched fireplace with a lintel carried on corbelled jambs and a cyma-moulded surround. A dog-leg staircase has finely turned balusters, a ramped handrail, a close string with a pulvinated panel and raised and fielded panels. The ceiling over the stairs features a decorative plaster boss. The parlour has a plaster panelled ceiling with two central circular features, which are likely mid-19th century additions.