Dovecote Farmhouse

Dovecote Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 17th century, with additions from the early 18th century and late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble, partly squared and coursed, featuring wooden lintels and some ashlar dressings. The roof is made of Welsh slate and has stone and brick gable stacks. The building has a three-unit plan and has been extended, standing two storeys and two storeys plus an attic high.

The left range is the older part, likely from the 17th century and early 18th century, with irregularly arranged casements of two and three lights, along with two entrances, one of which has panelled double doors. The left half has been raised, probably in the late 18th century, resulting in a shallower roof with stone-based gable stacks. The right range, which joins at an oblique angle, dates to around 1800 and features a symmetrical three-window front with leaded transomed casements. The outer bays have three lights, while the two lights above the arched doorway, which includes a fanlight and a pilastered ashlar surround, are smaller. All windows have ashlar flat arches, with label moulds on the ground floor. The shallow-pitched roof has projecting boxed eaves and verges.

At the rear of the earlier range, there are casements of two, three, and four lights, some featuring stop-chamfered lintels. This area is partly obscured by two late 18th-century hipped-roofed wings that have flat-arched casements and projecting keyblocks, similar to those on the rear of the later range. A hipped-roofed 18th-century rubble range, which was formerly a dairy, is now part of the house and forms a cross-wing to the left of the earlier range.

Inside, the earlier range includes stop-chamfered beams, a large inglenook fireplace, and 18th-century joinery, which features two cupboards with serpentine shelves. The later range has an open-string winder stair with a mahogany handrail.