Pear Tree Farmhouse

Pear Tree Farmhouse is a house dating from the mid-to-late 17th century, with an addition from the early-to-mid 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble, with orange-red brick in a stretcher bond pattern to the 18th-century addition, and has stone slate roofs. The house follows a 2-cell central lobby-entry plan, with a rear 1 1/2-storey outshut and an added single-cell kitchen to the right end. The front facade has limited original details and only faint traces of 17th-century chamfered windows. Quoins are present. The central doorway has monolithic jambs, and above it is the remnant of a former 2-light double-chamfered window with a hoodmould (lacking mullions). 19th-century windows with large lintels and projecting sills are located to either side on both floors. A central brick stack is situated on the front. To the right, set back, is a lower addition, featuring a doorway with a storm porch to the left of a window, and a smaller window above, both with stone lintels and sills. A gable stack is present to the right. At the rear, a 3-light double-chamfered mullioned window (lacking mullions) remains, set within almost square reveals. The outshut has two small, blocked 17th-century windows with cyma-moulded hoodmoulds to the left of a 2-light double-chamfered mullioned window, with a window above the eaves to light the stair. A 2-light and a 3-light double-chamfered mullioned window, beneath a continuous hoodmould, are found on the left-hand return, with two lights above and a 3-light window to the apex of the gable, which provides entry to a columbarium.

The interior of the outshut includes two service rooms and a dog-leg staircase with 18th-century turned balusters and a swept handrail featuring a return flight to a cellar. A timbered arcade sits between the main house and the outshut. This arcade features three posts, large morticed wall ties to the outshut, truss tie beams resting on the heads of the posts, and an arcade-plate sitting on the tie beams. The soffit of the arcade-plate shows mortices for a timber studded screen. The roof is 4-bay with principal rafter trusses, pegged collars, and butt purlins. The attic has a lime-ash floor and contains a handmade brick columbarium with numerous pigeon-holes set into the sides, a unique feature.