Sunwell Farmhouse Including Barn Attached To Left

Sunwell Farmhouse is a substantial building dating back to 1585, with a front wing likely built around 1600. A barn was added to the left around the mid-17th century, and a further wing was constructed in the later 17th or 18th century, enclosing the rear passage. More recent alterations occurred in the 20th century. The farmhouse is built of rubble, painted, with a cob barn to the left, all under an asbestos slate roof featuring a ridge stack to the right of the passage and a rear lateral hall stack. The rear of the lower end has a hipped roof.

The original layout comprised two rooms and a through passage, with a hall to the left and a lower end to the right. A stair tower is located behind the hall, with the front wing added to the lower end to serve as a cider room and with an apple loft above. The building forms an irregular “L” shape.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with all windows on the front being 20th-century replacements, consisting of 3-light and 2-light windows at both the first and ground floors. A datestone and passage door are located to the right, featuring a panelled and glazed door with a slate hood. The lower wing to the front right has a shuttered single light window at ground floor, and a wide, unglazed door internally with a timber lintel. The gable end front of this wing displays a 2-light casement window with a timber lintel on the first floor, and a plinth.

Attached to the left end is a two-storey barn with a door with strap hinges on the front. The wing to the right steps forward slightly, exhibiting a 2-light casement with iron stanchions at ground floor and an open-fronted rubble lean-to. The lower end features a tall single light window to the dairy and a 4-pane sash window with a brick segmental head to the right. A single-storey addition in the angle with the rear wing incorporates a 2-light casement, a door with a pitched hood, and two 20th-century windows, one of which was formerly a door, to the rear. A 2-light casement is present at the front gable of the lower wing's first floor. The rear of the rear wing includes a ground floor window, a gable end stack, and a first-floor window to the inner side. The rear of the main range has a stair tower, the roof of which extends from the main roofline, and a tall rubble rear lateral hall stack with a shaped top, the wall of which is battered to the right. The rear of the barn to the right end displays a 2-light shuttered unglazed window at ground floor.

Inside, the lower end to the right has been divided into two spaces: a dairy to the front and a parlour to the rear. The dairy features a slate floor and shelving, as well as a straight stair to the apple loft in the front wing. The unglazed window in the front wing has 2 lights, a chamfered frame, and a mullion. The stair tower, originally entered through the hall, now has access from the rear left of the passage. A panelled door with L-hinges leads to the rear wing from the rear right of the passage, and a 4-panelled door provides access to the hall. On the first floor, the room over the lower end has an 18th-century 2-panelled door to the apple loft and a keeping hole. The roof of the attached barn is a three-bay structure with halved and crossed pegged principals, pegged collars, and two rows of later purlins.