Nansidwell Farmhouse And Front Garden Walls And Pump

Nansidwell Farmhouse, along with its front garden walls and pump, dates from the 17th or 18th century, with significant remodelling occurring around the early 19th century. It is constructed of killas rubble with killas rubble walls, and has asbestos slate roofs with gable ends. A large rubble chimney stands over the right-hand gable end of the main range, while a lateral brick chimney is positioned on the rear wall to the left, and another brick chimney is on the gable end of a secondary range. The eaves were raised circa early 19th century.

The farmhouse has an irregular plan, incorporating two small two-storey ranges linked by a single-storey lean-to. The main range is an irregular T-shape, featuring two similar-sized rooms at the front flanking a cross passage (or former through passage) that leads to a one-room-plan service wing at a right angle to the rear, towards the right. Thick walls adjoin at either end of the front of the house. A lean-to adjoins a two-storey one-room-plan range that is almost at a right angle to the front of the house; a canted, probable stair tower is at the front of this range. The exterior of the northeast front is symmetrical, with three windows, and a central doorway. The doorway has an old ledged door and a simple shallow porch with two slender pillars. There is a circa early 19th century 16-pane hornless sash window above the doorway, with additional similar 20-pane sashes in other openings. Shallow brick arches feature over the ground floor windows. Windows of a similar date are present on the left-hand wall on the first floor (a 15-pane sash), and a six-pane fixed light is at the front of the link building, while a nine-pane fixed light is at the right-hand side of the stair tower. A ledged door is set into the left-hand wall of the secondary range, and a paired sash window was inserted circa late 19th century into the right-hand wall. The interior was not inspected.

Granite coped rubble walls enclose a small garden at the front, with the house walls forming two sides. A gateway, aligned with the front doorway, is approached by a short flight of granite steps. A probably late 19th century cast-iron water pump is located towards the right of the front of the house.