Merther Uny House

Merther Uny House is a farmhouse and adjoining former barn, now used as living accommodation, dating from the late 17th century and remodelled in the 18th century. The barn likely incorporates late medieval features from a former house at Merther-Uny or Merther-Uny Chapel. The building is constructed of granite rubble, granite ashlar, and granite dressings, topped with fairly steep asbestos slate roofs. Dressed granite stacks are located over the gable ends of the house, and cast-iron ogee gutters are present.

The house has a double depth plan with service rooms in a later rear outshut, while the former barn is set back slightly at the front. Originally, the house consisted of two rooms, with a wider hall or kitchen on the right and another hall on the left, separated by a cross passage. The lower parts of the walls, particularly at the right-hand end, are older.

The exterior features two storeys and an overall five-window south front. The former barn on the left and the house on the right both have nearly symmetrical fronts. The barn has a central doorway with a loading/winnowing doorway above, which is now glazed. Both doorways are chamfered, four-centred arches with blind tympana. The two-light chamfered mullioned windows have pointed arched lights, blind tympana, and recessed triangular central spandrels. Pigeon holes are located at first floor impost level, with a round oculus in the left-hand gable. The house has a three-window front with a doorway and window slightly left of the middle, featuring a 20th-century porch and 20th-century doors and windows in 18th-century openings. The first-floor walls of the front are made of granite ashlar.

Inside, the house has large fireplaces in each room, with the right-hand fireplace partly blocked. Both fireplaces feature chamfered and stopped oak lintels. The roof structure is said to have old hardwood trusses.