Sands Farmhouse

Sands Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around 1800, although it incorporates an earlier building and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The house is constructed of rubble with stone dressings and quoins. It has a double Roman tiled roof with raised coped verges and kneelers, and gable stacks. The layout is L-shaped and symmetrical on the front elevation.

The south front is two storeys high with three windows. These are 3-light casements with wide ovolo mullions in recessed surrounds. The two central first-floor windows are 2-light, and there are three smaller 2-light casements in the attic. A central, gabled porch from the 19th century features scalloped bargeboards. There are 20th-century windows flanking the porch, a 20th-century door in a chamfered surround, and a 2-light cellar window to the left. A string course runs above the lintels of the ground and first-floor windows. Four 20th-century roof lights are also present.

The left return has a ground-floor 3-light casement, two 2-light windows lighting the stairwell, the lower window having a dripstone, a 20th-century 2-light casement at the first floor, and a small 2-light casement in the attic. A recess for a former oven is visible to the left. The gable end to the right has a small round-headed, blocked cellar window, a 20th-century ground-floor window, a first-floor 2-light casement with a chamfered mullion and surround, and a 20th-century attic window.

The right return includes a 20th-century attached porch, a 3-light casement with chamfered mullions and dripstone, and a 20th-century attic window in the gable end to the left. A single-storey outhouse is attached to the right, featuring a door and two 20th-century windows under the eaves. A lean-to extension is located at the rear, with a small square light in a heavy timber frame.

The rear has a 20th-century window on the rear of the outhouse and features a single-storey block, possibly a former dairy, attached to the gable end of the house. This block includes a 2-light casement with an ovolo mullion and dripstone.

Inside, a plank and batten door leads to the east porch, set within a moulded frame with a carved stone above the lintel. The south-east room has heavy chamfered beams and a deep lintel to the fireplace, with cupboards to the left and right; the left cupboard has a splat baluster ventilation panel. A winder stair leads to the second floor. The roof over the front has five bays, and there are two bays to the rear wing, with principal rafters, collars, braces under, two rows of purlins, and a ridge purlin.