The Pentre Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Likely dating from the 16th century, it was extensively remodelled in 1695 (as indicated by a datestone) with later additions and alterations. The construction is of painted brick and rubblestone, set on a painted rubblestone plinth, with graded slate roofs. The main structure is a central hall range, featuring a projecting two-storey gabled porch and flanking cross-wings. The house has two storeys, with mid-19th century casement windows on each floor of the cross-wings and on either side of the porch. The porch has a window above a round-headed outer arch; the inner door is nail-studded with decorated strap hinges. A reddish-brown brick ridge stack is located to the right of the porch, and integral lateral stacks are present on the outer walls of the cross-wings (with the top of the right-hand stack rebuilt in 19th century yellow brick), all featuring paired rebated shafts and moulded capping. A datestone marked "H" is on the gable of the porch, with pigeon nesting holes and ledges to the front gables of the cross-wings. These gables also show wallplate and 1695 purlin ends. A full-length lean-to, originally used as a dairy and pantry, was added to the rear in the 19th century. Inside, chamfered ceiling beams are found throughout, with straight-cut and ogee stops. The inglenook fireplace in the right-hand cross-wing has a chamfered segmental-headed wooden lintel, a massive chimney breast below the ridge stack, but a 20th-century brick fireplace in the hall range. Several plank and muntin doors are present, some with decorated strap hinges. A particularly notable feature is the straight-flight oak staircase in the right cross-wing, probably dating to the late 17th century, with decorated carved newel-posts and a moulded handrail turning at right angles on both the left and right sides of the first floor. The roof structure comprises queen-strut roofs in two bays to the cross-wings, with the central truss exposed in the right cross-wing.