Old Farmhouse At Hendraburnick

The ruins of a disused farmhouse, likely dating to the 17th century, stand at Hendraburnick. The structure is built of stone rubble, with much of the roof now removed. Two stone chimney stacks remain, one at the right (south) end and another axially to the right of the centre. The original plan is now unclear but appears to have been a three-room layout. The west front features a two-storey porch with a blocked door leading to a lobby situated against the axial stack, which originally heated the central room. The room to the north was heated by an end stack, the partition wall between it and the central room having been removed. The room to the south was also heated by a projecting end stack. The weathering on the south gable indicates the house may have extended further to the right. According to Mercer’s description from 1975, a cross wing was present. A likely integral stair projection is attached to the north side of the porch, its stair mostly gone, but seemingly rising from the front of the hall. It’s uncertain whether the stair returned in a dog-leg to the chamber above the hall, or directly entered the chamber above the porch. The ruins of a barn are attached to the left-hand gable end of the house. The exterior features a two-storey porch on the right with a square-headed, chamfered granite door frame and a two-light mullion window above. A two-light mullion window lights the adjoining stair projection, set back on the left. Pigeon holes are visible in the left-hand side wall. Remaining window openings are visible on the ground and first floors of the lower end on the right, and two large openings on the ground floor and one on the first floor lead to the hall and inner room on the left. A two-light mullion window serves the rear hall fireplace. Inside, the blocked hall fireplace has chamfered granite lintels and jambs. A large, unmoulded timber lintel covers the fireplace in the inner room to the left. The house was inspected in 1986 and found to be in a state of considerable decay, with most of the roof and ceiling beams collapsed.