Oldhouse Farmhouse

Farmhouse. It likely dates from the 17th century, with extensions added in the 18th century. The farmhouse is built of thinly coursed rubble, with some timber framing and a stone slate roof. The roof is hipped on the left side, and a brick stack is located at the junction with the 18th-century granary extension to the right. The building is roughly aligned north-west to south-east, comprising two timber-framed cells, with a dairy extension to the left and a granary extension to the right. The original gable entrance is now hidden by the granary. When viewed alongside the adjacent barn and cowhouse, the farmhouse forms an elongated hill farm.

The farmhouse has two storeys and three windows. There is a small 19th-century light on the left, a four-pane 19th-century casement window to the right of it, and two 16-pane 20th-century casements on the right of a ledged 20th-century entrance door. The granary has a tallet staircase at its gable end.

Inside, there are stone flagged floors and stop-chamfered spine beams to the main ceiling. The two principal rooms are divided by a partition, which may be plank and muntin with a four-centred arch. There are two further four-centred arches: one to the former gable access, with adjacent draw-bolt slots, one to the right of the fireplace and another leading to a newel staircase. A hinged board, likely from the 18th century, is attached to the fireplace lintol to act as a smoke deflector. The timber-framing between the original two-cell section and the dairy is exposed. The newel staircase has rubble treads, a small light to the rear, and a roof made of a series of thin, corbelled stones. On the first storey, there is a two-centred arch through the timber-framed partition between the two cells. The roof structure includes wind braces and an A-frame truss in the centre of the two cells. The next truss to the west, formerly an exposed decorative gable end, has a pegged saltire-cross rising from the collar to the upper purlin level. The number "1720" is carved on the inner side of the lintol at the head of the granary steps.