Disused Farmhouse At Churchtown Farm

Small farmhouse now used as store. This is a granite and moorstone farmhouse, likely dating to the mid 17th century. The main central range is two rooms wide and has a rag slate roof with gable ends. Lower ranges extend to the right and left, with galvanised and rag slate roofs, also with gable ends. A granite rubble stack is located on the right-hand gable end of the central range. The original plan is complex; it may have been initially two rooms, or it could have been a three-room plan with a cross or through passage extending to the right. A circa late 18th century single-room plan extension adjoins the left-hand side of the central range. In the late 19th century, the farmhouse was used as a carriage house and stables for Ladydown House, Four Seasons, and the house forming the northeast wing. The exterior is single-storey, with lower rooflines on the side ranges. A 20th-century plank door is located near the centre, and a plank door sits within the left-hand range. A two-light mullion window with a granite surround illuminates the left-hand room of the central range on the rear elevation. The interior of the central range features an unmoulded granite lintel over the fireplace, which includes a cloam oven (currently inaccessible). The roof structure consists of three circa mid 19th century scissor-braced trusses, lap-jointed and pegged. A 20th-century forge is located within the gable end of the lower range on the right-hand side. There is evidence of a possible passage which would have backed onto the lower side of the central range stack, with a blocked door in the gable end connecting the two ranges.