Swan Bank Farmhouse And Attached Cottages And Barn

Swan Bank Farmhouse and attached cottages and barn date from the early 19th century, with an added barn from 1835, initialled "C.P.". The buildings form a U-shaped plan. They are constructed of watershot masonry, with a stone slate roof. The barn gable features a blocked lunette and a circular hole to the apex containing a re-used apex stone with a carved face. A segmental arched cart entry is present on the left hand return wall, with a projecting keystone and impost. Mistal doorways with tie-stone jambs are located on either side of the cart entry. Gutter brackets are present. The right hand return wall has a similar arrangement, with a dated keystone above a Venetian window. To the right of the barn are a pair of two-storey, single-cell cottages. Each cottage has a doorway with sill ties and a flat-faced mullioned window of three broad lights with a projecting sill on each floor. A central stack rises from the ridge. A wing breaks forward, and the right hand return wall features two cells, each with a doorway to the left of a three-light window, with a matching window above. Another central stack rises from the ridge. The roof is hipped to the northern end. An outshut to the rear of the central cottages incorporates two mid-20th century stacks that are in keeping with the building’s character.