Webworthy

A house, now a farmhouse, dating to approximately the early 17th century, with possible origins in an earlier period. The construction is primarily rendered stone rubble with ashlar quoins, granite dressings, an asbestos slate roof, and slate roofing to gable ends. There are projecting front and axial stacks, along with rendered end stacks. The original layout is uncertain, but the house has an overall 'L' shaped plan, with the main entrance situated to the left of centre, on sloping ground. The hall is heated by a front lateral stack, while an inner room to the right is heated by an axial stack. A cross wing at the lower end on the left projects to the rear and is heated by end stacks. A service cross wing appears to have been remodelled in the mid-19th century, creating a new main elevation with a central entrance flanked by two rooms. A circa 18th or 19th century service outshut extends across the rear of the main range. There is a possibility that the original house was larger, perhaps with a cross wing above the hall, forming either a complete 'U' shape or an 'H' shape. The exterior presents an asymmetrical four-window front. The ground floor windows in the 20th century occupy earlier openings, and the central entrance is positioned to the left. Gable ends are visible to the front on both the right and left, with a moulded string course to the first floor on the left. A projecting front lateral hall stack features a 20th-century entrance with a granite surround—the jambs are roll moulded and the lintel is chamfered. A three-light mullion hall window is to the right, and there are probable two-light mullion windows with hood moulds to the far right. The first floor has brick segmental arches over what were formerly sash windows—two openings contain sashes, and a two-light mullion window is on the right, also with a hood mould. The left-hand elevation was likely remodelled or rebuilt in the mid-19th century, presenting a regular three-window front. The interior, which was inaccessible during a 1987 survey, appears to have been largely obscured during the 19th and late 20th centuries. The owner reports that the roof structure retains its original trusses, and there is evidence of a cross wing extending to the front on the higher side of the hall.