Disused Farmhouse To South East Of Trusell Farmhouse

The disused farmhouse, located to the southeast of Trusell Farmhouse, is likely from the 17th century, with an adjoining shippon added in the late 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and cob, featuring some granite quoins on the outshut. The roofs are covered with rag slate, with the house on the right having gable ends and the shippon on the left having a slightly lower roof with a half-hipped end. The right gable end has a well-finished projecting stone rubble stack, complete with moulded strings and set-offs.

The farmhouse is built down a slope, with the shippon attached to the lower left end. The house likely had a two-room layout with a cross or through passage, where the smaller right room at the higher end is heated by an end stack. It is unclear how the larger left room was heated. There are remains of a stair projection on the front of the lower left room. In the late 18th century, an outshut was added across the front of the house, along with the shippon and a loft above on the lower left end.

The building is two storeys high, with the ground rising to the right. The house has a long single-storey outshut across the front elevation, featuring 19th-century doorframes on both the left and right, and an inserted opening near the centre. There is a timber window frame on the right. Set back on the lower left side is a two-storey range that comprises the shippon on the ground floor and lofts above, with timber plank doors on the ground floor flanked by narrow long ventilation slits and loft doors above. The rear elevation of the house, which was probably originally the front, has an asymmetrical arrangement of three windows with 19th-century two-light casements, and the ground floor windows have been partly replaced in the 20th century.

Inside, the house features some 17th-century chamfered ceiling beams, while the floor joists to the right were likely replaced in the late 18th century. The fireplace in the right room has a chamfered timber lintel with stone rubble jambs. The A-framed roof trusses appear to be mainly of 18th and 19th-century construction, although they are not fully accessible.