Fenterleigh

Fenterleigh is a house dating to around the 17th century, with extensions added in the early 20th century. It is constructed of slate stone rubble, with a rag slate roof featuring gable ends and sprocketted eaves. There are stone rubble stacks on the right-hand gable end, a truncated stack on the left-hand gable end, and a further stack to the rear right.

The original layout is uncertain due to later remodelling. It likely started as a two-room plan with a through passage, with the lower end on the right and a gable end stack for heating. A higher room on the left, probably the hall, was originally heated by a gable end stack, the shaft of which has been truncated. A gabled two-storey bay projects from the front of the left-hand room; its original purpose is unclear, and it may have accommodated a staircase or served as a hall-bay projection.

Around the 18th century, a single-storey service wing was added to the rear, including a dairy on the rear left and a kitchen with an end stack on the rear right. In the early 20th century, a two-storey range was added to the higher left-hand gable end, creating an overall 'L' shaped plan. A circa 19th century two-storey outbuilding adjoins the lower right-hand gable end.

The front has a regular four-window arrangement, with the gabled projection to the left of centre and the entrance to the right of centre. The ground floor features a horned late 19th or early 20th century six-pane sash window to the left, a two-light casement in the gabled bay, and a 19th century four-panel door to the right. A 20th century glazed extension has been added in front of the entrance and the right-hand room. The first floor has a late 19th or early 20th century four-pane horned sash to the left and within the gable end of the bay projection. To the right are 20th century windows and a three-over-six-pane hornless sash in a half dormer with a raking roof. A 20th century extension on the left has a three-window front with four-pane sashes and a 20th century glazed conservatory extension.

Inside, the lower room on the right has a fireplace with a possibly re-used, unmoulded timber lintel. There are 19th century ceiling beams and a 20th century timber spiral stair. The fireplace in the left-hand gable end has been blocked. The roof structure is not accessible, but the straight feet of the principals are visible, and the purlins appear either threaded or deeply trenched. The left-hand side of the 17th century range has not been inspected.