The Homestead

The Homestead is a house dating from around 1600, with some window alterations made in the 20th century and undergoing renovation in 1985. It is constructed from banded ironstone and pale limestone rubble, topped with a 20th-century pantile roof. The gables are coped and feature ogee half-pendants on the kneelers, with the gable on the right adorned with a small obelisk finial. The chimney between the left bays has been rebuilt in concrete in the 20th century, while the rear gable of the right wing has an ashlar chimney with a moulded cornice, which was originally located at the centre of the right wing.

The building is L-shaped, with a lower two-bay wing of one storey and attic on the left, and a projecting gabled cross wing of two storeys and attic on the right. The left bay has altered fenestration, featuring 20th-century two and three-light leaded casements on the ground floor. The centre bay has a similar three-light ground floor window, but retains its original moulded stone surround and quadrant cornice. Above this is a gabled dormer with an original two-light window that has ovolo-moulded mullions and leaded glazing. There are two small staircase lights in stone surrounds to the right, and a similar light between the left bays above the door, which has a chamfered depressed head and quadrant cornice. The projecting gable to the right retains original windows with ovolo mullions, quadrant cornices, and leaded glazing, including two-light windows on the ground floor and attic, and a three-light window on the first floor. The entry is located in the left return, featuring a shaped lintel and a single light above.

Inside, the house has heavy stop-chamfered cross beams. There is a large chimney between the left bays, which may be of two builds, with the right fireplace featuring a chamfered depressed stone arch, and the left fireplace having a heavy cambered wooden lintel with a small stone fireplace that has been removed from the cross wing. Another stone fireplace is located on the ground floor of the cross wing.