Breney Farmhouse

Breney Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with additions from the mid 19th century and some alterations in the 20th century. It is constructed of painted granite rubble and has a slate roof coated with bitumen. The original 17th-century section features a rear lateral stack, while the 19th-century addition has gable end stacks.

Originally, the house had a three-room layout, with a hall and an inner room to the left and a lower end room to the right, heated by the rear lateral stack. In the 18th century, a single-storey outshut was added to the upper end. In the mid 19th century, a two-storey block with a two-room plan was constructed at right angles to the lower end, creating a new front on the right side. This addition includes a later single-storey outshut that conceals the original entrance. In the 20th century, a brick porch was added to the left end of the early range, where it meets the 18th-century addition.

The 19th-century front has two storeys and three windows, all of which are 20th-century, with central double half-glazed doors. The roof is hipped to the right, featuring a truncated external stack on the right end and a wide external stack on the left end, which has what appears to be a blocked window opening at the top. The early 17th-century range is two storeys high, with a 20th-century window on both the left and right sides at the first floor, and a door to the left and window to the right at ground level. The central lateral stack, made of granite, has a circular oven at its base, topped with ashlar and featuring a cornice and weatherings in moulded granite.

At the end of the early 17th-century range, there is a single-storey rubble lean-to with a stack. The left gable end of this range has pigeon holes and a lean-to from around 1800, which includes a small two-light casement window and a 20th-century brick porch set in the angle. The rear of the 19th-century block has a single-storey outshut in the angle with the 17th-century range, featuring a catslide roof and a 20th-century window on the rear and side, which conceals what would have been the front of the original house. This area has a 20th-century window at ground level on the left and a first-floor window in the centre. The interior has not been inspected.