Chenhall Farmhouse

Chenhall Farmhouse is a building dating from the 18th century, although it may have earlier origins. It is constructed of grouted rubble walls, topped with a steep, grouted scantle slate roof and rubble stacks at the gable ends. One stack is external. Original features include 17th or 18th century hand-made crested clay ridge tiles. The farmhouse originally comprised two rooms, each with a large fireplace. A staircase projects behind the lower right-hand room, which was likely the hall or kitchen. This stair is now surrounded by an outshut, added around the late 18th century and extending across the full width of the rear of the building. The front of the farmhouse has a slightly asymmetrical appearance, with three windows on the east-south facing front, and a roughly central doorway. The front wall is subtly bowed. The first floor has approximately central 16-pane hornless sash windows to the middle and right, with later, horned sashes elsewhere. A 20th-century door is present. The rear of the farmhouse features a late 18th century small 24-pane 2-light horizontal-sliding sash window with horizontal wooden glazing bars and vertical lead canes. Inside, the carpentry and joinery details date from the early 19th century, including a dog-leg staircase in the original stair projection. The roof structure was not inspected, but is likely of 18th-century origin.