Cleevestones And Attached Outbuildings

Cleevestones and attached outbuildings is a farmhouse, now serving as a house and farmbuilding, dating from the mid 17th century and late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features Stonesfield-slate roofs with ashlar-and-brick gable stacks. The building has a 2-unit plan that extends to a T-plan, with two storeys plus an attic.

The earlier lower range has a two-window front, retaining leaded 3-light stone-mullioned windows with labels on the first floor, while the ground floor has later casements, one of which has been altered to fit into the remains of a mullioned window. The rear of this range features another 3-light mullioned window above a 4-light casement and includes a projecting stair tower with a 2-light mullioned window in the gable and narrow stone windows in the side walls. An inserted doorway in the stair tower, accessed by external steps, indicates that the upper floor may have been converted to a granary or hayloft.

To the left, a taller 18th-century bay has tripartite sashes on both floors and a 3-light leaded dormer. The contemporary cross-wing has similar windows and an entrance in the angle, but features leaded casements on the opposite face. The rear of the cross-wing steps down to a lower range that includes a small barn, now used as a garage and outbuilding. Attached to the right end of the earlier range is a small stone former stable dated 1829.

Inside, the earlier range contains an open fireplace, the remains of a winder stair leading from the cellars to the attic, and a through-purlin roof with principal rafters crossed at the apex and a ridge beam. The later range includes a fine carved wooden 18th-century fireplace. The building was formerly known as Hill View Farmhouse.