Lower Town Farmhouse

Lower Town Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the late 16th century for the east wing and the 17th century for the west wing and central block, which was refronted and remodeled in the mid-19th century. The building is timber-framed with a combination of wattle-and-daub and brick infill, featuring brick refronting, a sandstone plinth, and stacks, all topped with a slate roof.

The farmhouse has a broadly H-plan layout, with the east and west wings extending to the south and slightly to the north. The central block is aligned east to west and faces south, featuring a lobby entry with a large central axial stack and two additional lateral stacks in the east and west wings. There are later lean-to additions at the rear. The structure is two storeys high, with an attic and cellar.

Notable windows include a 3-light casement window with a segmental head in the gable ends of the wings, a similar 3-light window with a square head in the central block, and a 4-light window on the ground floor of the east wing. The central block has 20th-century casement windows flanking a 20th-century panelled door, which is partly obscured by a lean-to penticed porch extending between the wings. The gables feature decorative bargeboards from the 19th century, and there are two decorative shafts on the west lateral stack.

The framing of the wings is revealed at the rear of the northwest wing, showing four panels from the sill to the tie-beam with a diagonal brace from the sill to the main post, two struts to the collar, and curved V-struts in the gable. The east wing, partly obscured by the lean-to, may have close-studding above the girding beam to the tie-beam, with three struts to the collar and V-struts in the gable. Both north gable ends have similar 19th-century decorative bargeboards. The interior has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest.