Woolgarden Farmhouse

Woolgarden Farmhouse is a farmhouse, likely dating from the early 17th century, with alterations in the late 19th century. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble, with slate hanging above the ground floor on the front right. The roof is covered in rag slate with gable ends, and a lower slate roof with a gable end on the right. There is a brick shaft to a rear lateral stack on the left, a projecting stone rubble front lateral stack, and a stone rubble and brick shaft to an end stack on the right.

The original plan of the house is unclear. It was divided into two dwellings in the 19th century – a farmhouse to the left and a cottage to the right – before being reunited as a single dwelling in the 20th century. The original layout comprised a 3-room plan, with a cross passage to the left of the central room and a through passage originally to the right of the central room. The farmhouse section includes a rear lateral stack-heated room, an entrance and cross passage, and a large central room, likely originally the hall, heated by a front lateral stack. The cottage section contains a through passage on the left (now blocked) and a right-hand room heated by an end stack. A straight joint between the house and cottage is visible on the front elevation, with a corresponding thick cross wall inside. The evidence for a straight joint on the rear elevation is less apparent.

The exterior has an asymmetrical 4:2 window front, with a higher roofline to the left-hand range and the right-hand range, which is slate hung above ground floor and slightly set back. The main farmhouse to the left has a circa 17th century 4-centred ovolo-moulded granite arch containing a 19th-century door, flanked by two PVC windows to the left, a large projecting front lateral stack, and two PVC windows to the right. Four PVC windows are on the first floor. Set back to the right is a rounded hollow-chamfered granite arch, partially blocked with a window inserted, and a 16-pane horned sash window on the ground floor, with two 4-pane sashes above.

Internally, ceiling beams were replaced in the late 19th century. A 20th-century grate is in the hall fireplace, and a Rayburn stove blocks the original left-hand fireplace. The first floor and roof structure remain uninspected.