Pyegrove And Pyegrove House

Pyegrove and Pyegrove House are a farmhouse, now divided into two houses, built in 1747 with later 18th-century additions and 20th-century alterations. The building is constructed of narrow coursed millstone grit with ashlar dressings and has stone slate roofs, with brick and stone stacks.

The original farmhouse, number 5, has a roughly L-shaped plan. The shorter wing contains a parlour, with a ridge stack backing onto a cross passage, now incorporated within a flush-gabled extension. A 20th-century lean-to extension stands to the right. The south front presents an irregular arrangement of windows, with a flush-gabled cross wing to the right. A central doorway is framed by an ashlar surround, bearing the inscription ‘I M A/ 1747’. To the left of the doorway is a 20th-century window, and to the right a 2-light flush mullion window. Above the right-hand window is a single 3-light chamfered mullion window. A single-storey lean-to addition to the right has a 20th-century door and a 2-light window in a wooden lintel. The left return displays a gabled front with a 3-light flush mullion window on the ground floor, and a 4-light chamfered mullion window above, with the central mullion replaced by a wooden one. All window openings have 20th-century wooden casements.

Number 7 was added in the late 18th century, possibly converted from earlier farm buildings. The west front is rendered and features a projecting gabled porch with a 20th-century door, and a 3-light flush mullion window to the left. Above, there is a 3-light flush mullion window to the left, and a 2-light flush mullion window to the right. A recessed, lower two-storey wing is set back to the right, featuring 2-light flush mullion windows on each floor, alongside a single-storey brick outbuilding. The mullions in this part of the building have been replaced. The left return has a single-storey lean-to addition and a small rear window.

The interior of number 5 includes stone flag floors in a ground-floor room, a good ledged door with strap hinges, a keeping place within the chimney breast, plain beams with shallow chamfer stops, and a projecting fireplace with a slate mantle shelf. The staircase has been moved. A rear dairy retains a stone flagged floor and stone slabs with keeping places to the right. The first floor boasts a massive side purlin roof, without trusses, with purlins resting on the side walls. Pegged door surrounds have been retained.

Historical records, including a lease from 1785 referencing 1764, indicate that Pyegrove initially comprised two rooms, a small buttery, three chambers above, and an adjacent barn. The original complex also included various outbuildings, including a five-bay building, a two-bay barn, a two-stall shippon, a four-stall stable, a haybarn over the shippon, a cart house, and a turf house.