Higher Penrose

This is a farmhouse, likely dating from the early 17th century. It is constructed of painted and rendered stone rubble and cob, with a rag slate roof featuring gable ends. The farmhouse retains two rebuilt stone rubble axial stacks, topped with 17th-century moulded granite caps, and two 20th-century brick shafts replicating the form of the earlier stacks at the end of the building. The original layout appears to have been a three-room and through-passage plan. The main entrance is centrally located, leading to a large room, likely the hall, on the right side, which was originally heated by either an axial stack backing onto the passage or an end stack. This room has a two-storey hall bay projecting forward on its right-hand side, accompanied by a rear stair turret close to the passage. To the left of the passage are two further rooms. The room immediately to the left of the passage is heated by an axial stack, and the room beyond by an end stack. An approximately 19th-century, single-room wing is attached to the front left, and a 19th-century outshut extends from the right-hand end of the main farmhouse, continuing around to the rear and connecting to the stair projection. The exterior presents an asymmetrical three-bay front, with the lower section on the left, the attached wing to the front left, and a two-storey hall bay on the right. The front of the house features a 17th-century four-light timber mullion window with multiple moulded king and ovolo mullions, a hood mould above, a smaller 17th-century three-light timber mullion window with a moulded frame, and a four-light 17th-century timber mullion window within the hall bay. The upper floor has two 19th- or early 20th-century three-light casements centrally, with a row of blocked pigeon holes between them, and a similar two-light casement to the right. A three-light casement is set within the gable of the two-storey hall projection. The projecting wing to the front left has a door on its side elevation and late 19th- or 20th-century three-light casements on both the ground and first floors. The rear elevation includes a 17th-century chamfered, square-headed timber doorframe, located behind the passage. While the interiors are inaccessible, the owner has indicated that original dressed stone and timber fireplaces likely remain, although they are now covered by later grates. The stair within the rear hall projection may be original or from the late 17th century. The roof was replaced in the mid-20th century.