Bohortha Farmhouse And Garden Walls

Bohortha Farmhouse and its garden walls are a notable early 19th-century structure with a 17th-century rear wing. The farmhouse features a stucco front on the south and east sides, while the other walls are made of rubble and possibly cob under render in the wing. It has a Delabole dry slate hipped roof with brick chimneys on the side walls. The main part of the building is double depth, with a central staircase connecting to a single-depth rear wing that is positioned at right angles to the west.

The farmhouse is two storeys high with a two-window south front, showcasing tall 20-pane horned sash windows on the ground floor and 16-pane horned sash windows on the first floor. The building has pilaster quoins on both the south and the three-window east entrance front, which features a central doorway with an original louvered porch and an eight-panelled door. To the left of the doorway, there is a blind window, while the remaining windows are 16-pane hornless sashes. There is also a round-headed original stair window on the west wall.

The rear wing, which is the earlier part of the house, has a stone chimney at the upper, or west end. The eaves were raised in the 19th century, and doveholes were added to the south side. The north wall includes a doorway with an old planked door on the left, a three-light small paned casement, and a further wide opening.

Inside the main part of the farmhouse, there is an original dog-leg staircase, six-panel doors, a fireplace surround with consoles, a resited pantry screen with turned balusters, and marble-like limestone flags in the vestibule and kitchen, which are said to be from the Torbay area. Some stop-chamfered beams survive in the earlier part of the building.

The listing also includes the rubble garden walls to the south front, which feature a low granite-coped wall with a rail and dowel wooden fence, along with a similar gate that has curved bracing beneath the lock rail.