Wiggarton Farmhouse

Wiggaton Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid to late 17th century, with extensions likely added in the early 18th century. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble and cob, with steeply pitched rag slate roofing to the main gable ends and asbestos slate to a lower range on the left. Stone rubble end stacks are on the right, and a brick shaft marks the end stack on the left.

The original layout is uncertain, possibly a two-room plan with a cross or through passage, incorporating a larger hall kitchen to the right, heated by an end stack, and a smaller, unheated room to the left. An additional single-room range was built on the left in the early 18th century, also heated by an end stack. The farmhouse was later divided into two dwellings, although the specific arrangement is unclear.

In the mid-19th century, the original unheated room on the left was converted into an entrance hall, with a stick baluster staircase inserted against the cross wall between the two rooms. A dairy and back kitchen were probably added to the rear during this period, along with a barn to form an overall ‘L’ shaped plan.

The front elevation presents a regular 2:2 window arrangement, with the earlier range being higher. Most windows were replaced in the early 20th century. To the right, a three-light casement occupies what was likely a blocked door opening, with a 20th-century glazed porch to the left and another three-light casement to the right. Two four-pane sashes are found on the first floor. To the left, a three-light casement is on the ground floor, with two four-pane sashes on the first floor. A straight joint clearly indicates the division between the two ranges.

Inside the earlier range on the right, there are chamfered ceiling beams in the right-hand room, and a 19th-century kitchen fireplace surround. A thin partition separates the two rooms. The left-hand room, now the entrance hall, features a mid-19th-century stick baluster staircase and a slate flag floor. The lower range on the left has a lower plastered ceiling and a 19th-century chimney piece. On the first floor, a late 18th-century plank and muntin screen can be seen, along with several 18th-century doors. The roof structure above the higher right-hand range has been partly replaced with roughly cut principals and collars. A more refined roof construction exists in the left-hand range, featuring flush joints to the halved, lap-jointed and pegged apices.