Raftra Old Farmhouse

Raftra Old Farmhouse is a granite farmhouse, now divided into three separate dwellings, dating back to the 17th century, with possible earlier origins. It was remodelled in the 18th century and reduced in size, also likely in the 18th century. The construction uses granite rubble with granite dressings, and the roof is mainly of grouted scantle slate, though sections at the front, middle, and rear of the main range have been replaced with asbestos slate. Original granite stacks are visible at the right-hand gable end, with brick stacks topping the other gable ends.

The farmhouse originally had an L-shaped plan, with a further short kitchen wing projecting at right angles. It is believed to have initially been an "E"-shaped design, with wings on both sides and a two-story porch at the rear. Later, around the late 18th or early 19th century, the parlour wing and porch were demolished, as was another wing. The current layout features a former hall to the right and a kitchen (now a separate house) to the left, with a two-room plan house set at a right angle behind the left-hand side.

The south-east front features the gable end of the kitchen wing. To the right are three bays of former two-light, chamfered mullioned windows, spanning both floors. The window on the left has become a doorway, while the central window retains its original mullion. The kitchen wing has an external stack on its left side and a blocked 17th-century window midway up. Later openings, some incorporating reused 17th-century chamfered masonry, are also present. The rear elevation reveals a wide, chamfered doorway largely blocked, with brickwork indicating the former location of a two-story porch. Rebuilding using granite ashlar is visible on the left, marking the site of the demolished parlour wing. The left-hand rear wing has four original chamfered openings, a doorway on the north-east wall, and three window openings on the opposite wall—the central window is partially obscured by a later porch. A jambstone is situated to the right of an opening between the middle window and the blocked 17th-century window on the right, while the left-hand window has a jambstone on its left side. The right-hand gable end shows two blocked 17th-century window openings.

The partially inspected interior includes an interesting 17th or 18th-century wooden newel staircase with a granite newel post, located at the rear of the kitchen wing. Two 18th-century two-panel doors are set over the 17th-century hall; one features bolection mouldings. Local accounts mention a large stone oven in a fireplace at the left-hand end of the house, though it was not inspected during the survey.