Hole Farmhouse

Hole Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the early 17th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and cob, topped with a rag slate roof featuring gable ends. The building has a stone rubble end stack on the left and a brick shaft for the end stack of the rear wing.

The original layout of the house is uncertain, but it is built down a shallow slope with the ground rising to the right. The front range consists of a two-room and through-passage plan, heated by end stacks. There is an unheated wing from the 17th century at the rear of the right-hand room, which was likely intended for a stair that has since been removed. Another wing at the rear of the lower left-hand room is also probably from the 17th century and may have served as a kitchen, heated by an end stack. The front and left-hand side elevations have undergone significant rebuilding in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

The exterior features two storeys and an asymmetrical three-window front elevation with an entrance near the centre. The entrance has a 19th-century plank door, with a sash window to the left and a 16-pane sash window to the right. On the first floor, there are 19th-century three-light casements to the left and right of centre, along with a 16-pane sash window to the right. The three-light casement and sash window on the right have 17th-century ovolo moulded timber lintels. The left side elevation of the rear wing has been partly rebuilt, likely in the 19th century, and features a 17th-century two-light mullion window with a hood mould to the left and a 20th-century door to the right. There are two three-light casements on the first floor. The right side elevation of this wing has two 17th-century chamfered lintels above two of the first-floor windows. The area where the stair was projected on the rear has a blocked window partway up the ground floor, framed with chamfered granite.

The interior is not accessible, but it has been modernised according to the owner, who believes that several early features may still be hidden beneath modern finishes.