Lower House And Adjoining Byre

This is a circa 1600 farmhouse with an adjoining byre, altered in the mid-19th century and mid-20th century. The building is likely derived from a longhouse design. The farmhouse is timber-framed with rendered infill on a rubble base; the west end wall is also rendered, while the end walls are of rubble. It has a slate roof and brick ridge end stacks, with a large original rubble east stack that has been partly rebuilt in brick. The farmhouse is two bays wide, aligned east/west, with a large external rubble chimney at the east end. It is a single-storey building with an attic containing dormers. The framing pattern consists of three panels from the sill to the wall-plate. The south front has a 3-light casement window with a plank weathering, a single-light casement, and a square, 19th-century multi-paned metal window with a cambered head. There are two gabled dormers with moulded bargeboards and 2-light leaded casement windows. The original entrance is in the east bay and includes a 19th-century gabled canopy on shaped brackets, and a ledged and battened door with strap hinges. Inside the east bay are two large, lateral, chamfered ceiling beams, a large blocked fireplace, and a winder staircase.

The adjoining byre is timber-framed with a rubble base and weatherboarded elevations under a corrugated iron roof. It has two-and-a-half bays, the half-bay adjoining the east end of the farmhouse and enclosing the chimney. The byre is two levels high. The framing pattern has three panels from sill to wall-plate, with two rows of panels at the lower level and one row at the upper level. No trusses are visible externally. The south elevation has a gabled dormer with a 2-light casement adjacent to the farmhouse, and a central doorway. Internally, there's an intermediate queen-post truss and a collar and tie-beam truss with three struts adjacent to the chimney; the purlins have been renewed. Re-used sections of chamfered timber are in the ceiling of the half-bay. The north side of the half-bay has been incorporated into the farmhouse and features a large fireplace with a bread oven. The remainder of the byre has a cobbled floor and 19th-century timber stalls, mangers, and brick troughs.