Burraton Farmhouse

Burraton Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into two houses. It dates from around the mid-17th century and has undergone 19th-century and later alterations. The building is constructed of slatestone rubble, with the front and sides rendered. It features a slate roof with crested ridge tiles, a gable end to the right, and a hipped roof to the left. There is a gable end stack on the right and two rear lateral stacks on the left, all of which were rebuilt in the 20th century.

The farmhouse has a three-room and through passage plan, with the lower end room on the right, heated by a gable end stack. The hall is on the left, heated by a rear lateral stack, and the inner room at the end left is also heated by a rear lateral stack. In the late 17th century, a two-storey gabled bay was added to the front of the hall. There is a single-storey outshut at the rear of the passage and the lower end room, which extends as far as the hall stack and was originally used as a dairy. In the late 19th century, the higher end was rebuilt, raising the ceiling level in the hall while reusing original beams. The higher end room is now a separate house, with a porch added at the angle to the hall bay.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical four-window front, featuring a two-storey gabled hall bay and the passage and lower end room to the right. All windows are 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The passage has a 20th-century door with a pitched slate hood, and there is a 20th-century porch set in the angle to the hall bay on the left. At the left end, there are 20th-century casements on both the ground and first floors. The rear includes a single-storey outshut to the left.

Inside, the hall features two large chamfered beams with run-out stops. The rear lateral fireplace has been rebuilt in the 20th century. The roof over the lower end room retains three early trusses, with trenched purlins, principal rafters halved and pegged at the apex, and dovetailed and cambered collars. The roof over the higher end is not accessible.