Borlase Burgess Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Dating from the 18th century, with a sundial dated 1738, the farmhouse was extended and remodelled around the mid-19th century, with few later alterations. It is constructed of granite rubble with brick dressings, and has an asbestos slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. There is a gable end stack with a brick shaft on each side. The 19th-century addition has a scantle slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends; there is a gable end stack to the right with a brick shaft. The original farmhouse was designed with a two-room plan, with a central entrance leading to a passage, and each room heated by a gable end stack. Around the mid-19th century, a single-room addition was built to the right side, with its own gable end stack. This addition includes an outshut, and a lean-to was likely added to the left end around the same time. The original farmhouse presents a symmetrical three-window front, with a slate sundial featuring a nowy head and gnomon at first floor level, dated 1738. The ground floor has a central panelled and glazed door, with a four-pane sash window to the left and a six-pane sash window to the right, all with cambered brick arches. The first floor has three 19th-century four-pane sash windows within original openings, also with cambered brick arches. A straight masonry joint marks the division between the original section and the 19th-century addition, which is also two storeys and features a ground-floor 16-pane sash window and a first-floor six-pane sash window, both with cambered brick arches. The right end of the addition has an external stack, and the left end has a single-story lean-to. The interior was not inspected, but may contain original 18th-century features such as panelled doors.