Upper Welson

Upper Welson is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century or earlier, with extensions from the 17th century, alterations in the mid-19th century, and a late 20th-century restoration. The building is timber-framed with rendered infill on a rubble base, and has a roof of stone tiles laid in diminishing courses and slate. It is arranged in a T-shape with a main range of three framed bays aligned east/west, and a cross-wing added in the 17th century at the east gable end, consisting of two very wide bays. The main range has an external rubble chimney with a brick stack and a bread oven adjoining its north elevation, while the cross-wing has a rubble chimney with tiled offsets at its south end.

The farmhouse is partially single-storey and attic with a dormer, and partially two storeys and attic. The original part of the building has three panels from sill to wall-plate in the framing. The cross-wing has four panels from sill to wall-plate, short straight braces across the upper corners, and collar and tie-beam trusses with two collars, struts, and a V-strut above the upper collar. The south front has mainly 20th-century replacement windows; the main range has four 3-light casements and a 2-light casement on the ground floor, and a large central timber-framed gabled dormer with a 7-light 20th-century ovolo-mullioned window above. A lean-to tiled canopy on metal brackets shelters the main entrance in the east bay, with a 20th-century door, and a ledged and battened door is located in the west bay. The cross-wing gable end has plank weatherboarding on all horizontal timbers except the lowest rails, and features two ground and first floor 3-light casements and a pair of attic lights. A hipped-roofed timber-framed outshut, with a door in its south elevation, is located at the west end of the main range.

The interior retains stop-chamfered main ceiling beams, with a painted chevron design on the ceiling beams in the west bay of the hall. The attic storey of the main range has smoke holes at eaves level and a shuttered opening above the tie-beam providing access to the west bay. A partly surviving 17th-century dog-leg staircase has a moulded handrail. There is a large fireplace in both the main range and the cross-wing, with small cupboards in the cross-wing, likely intended for salt and spices. 17th-century panelling exists in the cross-wing.