Tolpetherwin Farmhouse

Tolpetherwin Farmhouse is a farmhouse built around the mid-18th century, likely in 1746, as indicated by the date on the nearby gateway arch. The building is constructed from roughcast stone rubble at the front, which is covered with rag slates. It features a steeply pitched hipped roof made of rag slate, adorned with 19th-century crested ridge tiles. There are large external stone rubble stacks on either side, with the right-hand stack being rendered and having a later added second shaft. The farmhouse has a double depth plan and is two stories tall.

The symmetrical south front has three original window openings, each with slate sills and 20th-century casements. The central doorway features an 18th-century six-panel door and a small rectangular fanlight with glazing bars. A 19th-century gabled porch, with square granite monolith columns that have moulded capitals and necking from the original porch, has red brick sides. At the rear, the main roof extends over a two-story integral outshut that includes 20th-century casements and a central porch, along with a small 19th-century single-storey wing on the right. There is also a small single-storey outshut on the right side, supported by granite monolith posts.

Inside, much of the original 18th-century joinery remains, including a complete set of two-panel doors, some featuring fielded panels, and an original dog-leg staircase with a moulded string, moulded handrail, square newels, and turned balusters (which are boxed in). An elliptical arch is present on the landing, and the entrance hall has an original cyma moulded plaster cornice. The original kitchen, located in the right-hand room, boasts a large fireplace with a cambered arch and a brick-lined bread oven, although the chimney pieces have been removed from both front room fireplaces. The dairy at the rear left includes stale shelves and a large granite salting trough.

The farmhouse was likely built for John and Ann Hickes, whose names are inscribed on the nearby gateway arch.