Waterland Farmhouse

Waterland Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse, with alterations likely dating to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and some 20th-century additions. The construction is of slatestone rubble with a slate roof featuring some original hand-made crested ridge tiles. The roof is hipped to the right, with a 20th-century brick stack on the rear lateral side; a gable end stack with a 20th-century brick shaft is on the left.

The original layout comprised a two-room plan with a cross passage. The hall/kitchen is to the right, with heating from a rear lateral stack, while the parlour is to the left, heated by a gable end stack. In the late 18th or early 19th century, a staircase was inserted at the rear of the passage, dividing it into right and left sides. Around the same time, the right end of the hall/kitchen was partitioned as a dairy, and a single-story cider house was added to the rear of the parlour, with a doorway on the left side.

The asymmetrical front facade has three windows. The first floor features early 19th-century 24-pane sash windows on either side, and a central 19th-century 2-light casement. The ground floor has a central 4-panelled door with a hipped slate hood, a 19th-century 20-pane sash to the left, and a 20th-century 3-light casement to the right (2 lights for the hall/kitchen and one for the dairy). A small corrugated iron lean-to is attached to the front left. The right end has a 20th-century window at first floor, while the left end is blind with an open-fronted corrugated iron lean-to. The rear features a single-story cider house with a plank door on the side and a 6-pane light at the rear. A 2-light 4-pane casement illuminates the stairwell. A rear stack has an unusually large curved oven at its base. A 2-light casement with 4 panes is on the ground floor to the left.

The interior of the hall/kitchen displays roughly hewn beams. A wooden partition separates the dairy, which contains a wooden bacon-rack likely dating to the early 19th century. The fireplace has been reduced in size and fitted with a 20th-century range. The passage is enclosed by wooden panelled partitions. The parlour has 19th-century beams and a 20th-century fireplace. On the first floor, visible rafters are straight and saw-cut, likely dating to the 19th century. The walls are constructed of wooden partitions.