South Draynes Old Farmhouse

South Draynes Old Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse, subsequently altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of slatestone and granite rubble, with a slate and slurried slate roof incorporating scantle slates and rag slates; ridge tiles are present, and gable ends are visible. A gable end stack originally existed on the left, with a slate cornice and shaped top, though it has since been removed from the right. The first floor was formerly slate-hung.

The farmhouse appears to have a two-room plan, with a large parlour to the left, originally heated by a gable end stack, and a kitchen to the right, also heated by a gable end stack. There is no evidence of a dividing wall that would have created a small, unheated room to the left of the entrance. A staircase was inserted in the passage, likely in the 19th century. Single-storey outshuts are located behind each of the main rooms, with rear access.

The exterior presents an asymmetrical four-window front. The ground floor has a 3-light 20th-century casement to the left, an open-fronted porch with a pitched slate roof and benches, and a 2-pane light to the right. The first floor features a 2-pane light to the right and left, and two 12-pane 2-light casements in the centre, fitted with L hinges. The left end is blind. A stable is attached to the right end, with a slurried slate roof, handmade ridge tiles, a front door, and a lower front lean-to. At the rear, the outshut forms a catslide roof and incorporates a 2-light casement to the right side, with a timber lintel.

The ground floor retains a slate floor. The kitchen features roughly hewn beams, a fireplace with granite jambs and a flat wooden lintel, a 19th-century mantel, and an oven to the rear right. The large room to the left has a fireplace with granite jambs and a flat timber lintel, and some surviving beams with narrow chamfers. The roof structure comprises 7 bays, with chamfered principal rafters halved and pegged at the apex, cambered collars pegged to the principal rafters, and two rows of trenched purlins.