Higher Stone Town Farmhouse

Farmhouse, later divided into two houses. It likely originated in the early 18th century, with significant remodelling occurring in the early to mid-19th century, a period contemporaneous with the addition of a rear wing. The main range is constructed of stone rubble with slate-hung cladding above the ground floor. It features a slate roof with a hipped end at the lower left end. A cross wing at the higher right end has a higher slate and asbestos slate roof with hipped ends. A later 19th-century wing at the higher end of the main range projects towards the rear, with a gable end and slate roof. A projecting stone rubble, rendered chimney stack is located at the lower, hipped end on the left. A 20th-century brick axial chimney stack is on the rear slope of the main range, with a fireplace backing onto a through passage. A rendered brick chimney stack is in the hipped end of the cross wing on the right, incorporating a lateral stack with a brick shaft in the side wall within a later outshut.

The original house was possibly built with a two-room plan, a central passage, a heated room on the left with an end stack, and a larger heated room on the right with an axial stack backing onto the passage. During the extensive 19th-century remodelling, the eaves were heightened, windows were replaced, and a large projecting cross wing was added to the higher right-hand end, alongside a later wing to the rear of the higher right-hand room.

The main range is two storeys high, with a regular two-window front. It has two 16-pane sashes with crown glass on the ground floor and two similar 16-pane sashes on the first floor, all without horns. A 20th-century partly-glazed door is located to the left of centre. The two-storey cross wing also features a regular two-window front with brick segmental arches over the openings. It has two 16-pane sashes flanking an early 20th-century plank door on the ground floor, and two 16-pane sashes with a blind window opening in the centre on the first floor.

The interior of the entrance hall of the cross wing was inspected. A 19th-century hall fireplace is within the main range. A stone circle, located 200 metres to the northeast of Stonetown, consists of a small circle of eight stones and is a scheduled Ancient Monument.