Shoulstone'S Farmhouse

Shoulstone's Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It likely dates from the 16th century, with extensions from the 17th century, and underwent alterations and additions in the mid-19th century, followed by restoration in the late 20th century. The building features part dressed sandstone and part timber-framing, although some sections of the timber-framing have been replaced with rendered infill and painted brick infill on a sandstone base, along with some brick replacement walling and refacing. The roofs are covered with plain tiles, and there is a large dressed sandstone external chimney with a rebuilt brick stack on the north elevation, as well as a brick stack on the south side of the main ridge and an external stack on the gable end of the 19th-century wing.

The farmhouse has an L-shaped plan, with the main range likely consisting of two framed bays and a through-passage. A bay was added to the west gable end in the 17th century, along with a large stack on the north elevation. In the 19th century, a further brick bay was added at the east gable end, and a brick wing was added to the south elevation of the 17th-century bay to create the L-shape. A new main entrance was also introduced in the west elevation. The building is single storey with an attic that includes dormers.

The exposed framing is visible in the left side bay of the north elevation, featuring two panels from the sill to the wall-plate with large braces in the lower corners. The main south elevation has two three-light casements with cambered heads, two gable dormers with two-light casements, and an entrance in the original through-passage position, which includes a gabled canopy and a door with raised and fielded panels. The 19th-century wing on the left side has a dentilled eaves cornice and, at the angle with the main range, a three-light ground floor casement with a cambered head, along with a gabled half-dormer that has a three-light casement. The 19th-century entrance in the west elevation features a flat canopy, entablature, pilaster surround, and a four-panelled door.

Inside, the roof has single trenched purlins, and the older part of the building includes intermediate collar-and-tie-beam trusses with queen struts. The sandstone chimney has a pair of inglenook fireplaces at its base. The building was under restoration at the time of the survey in September 1984.