Gonitor Farmhouse And Adjoining Buildings To North

Gonitor Farmhouse and the adjoining buildings to the north are a farmhouse likely dating from the 17th century, although it may include earlier walling and has been extended and altered in the 18th century. The structure is built of slatestone and cob, featuring a grouted scantle slate roof that was probably originally thatched, with brick chimneys. The farmhouse originally had a two-room plan with a wide through passage, and it includes an early to mid-18th century wing at the rear lower end, along with a later 18th century outshut that fills the angle with early 19th century buildings adjoining the wing.

The building is two storeys high with a four-window front, and there is a two-storey contemporary porch located off-centre to the right at the lower end. The ground floor features a wide 20th century bow window and two first floor sash windows to the left of the porch. To the right of the porch, there is a ground floor window with a window above, both of which are 20-pane sashes. One of the first floor 20-pane sashes to the left has a pane dated 1754. Evidence of a straight joint suggests that the front was partly rebuilt, likely in the early 18th century, to create a five-window front that includes one window in the porch. The building underwent further alterations in the late 18th century, including the insertion of a now-blocked window to the left of the porch. There are also two blocked ground floor windows on the side walls of the porch and a window above the central door. The roof has a gable with an external splayed stack to the left and is hipped to the right, with the eaves raised using cob, probably in the 18th century. The wing retains a first floor sash window with heavy ovolo moulded glazing bars that likely date from the early 18th century, along with a one-pane window dated 177-.

Inside, the farmhouse retains some chamfered and stopped ceiling beams at the upper end, as well as a splayed fireplace with an oven. There is a rounded recess in the rear wall of the lower end room, which likely indicates the original position of a stair turret. Evidence for a lateral hearth is present, along with several two-panel doors featuring HL hinges (one of which is fielded) and cupboards with fielded panelled doors.

To the rear, stone buildings with scantle slate roofs form a 'U'-shape, with the house partly enclosing a cobbled courtyard. A two-storey building in the northeast corner has a hipped roof and brick dove holes under the eaves. There is also a piggery that adjoins the main structure, featuring gothic brick arches on some openings. The 20th century bay is noted as lacking merit, unlike the 20-pane sashes.