Shaplands Farmhouse And Attached Barn

Shaplands Farmhouse and the attached barn are a late 17th-century farmhouse with an early 19th-century rear addition and barn, along with later alterations. The building is constructed of limestone rubble with stone dressings and quoins, while the rear addition is made of ashlar. It features a slate roof with raised coped verges and kneelers, and a stone ridge. The farmhouse originally had a through passage plan and is two storeys high with three windows. The ground floor includes one three-light and two two-light casements, all with stone ovolo mullions, surrounds, and hood moulds, featuring 19th and 20th-century glazing. The second bay from the left has a 19th-century four-panelled glass door with a timber lintel.

The barn to the right has a plank door with strap hinges and a segmental stone head, and a loading door above to the left, also with a segmental stone head. The left return of the farmhouse has a similar three-light casement on the ground floor and a two-light casement on the first floor. The right return of the barn features a ventilation slit at ground floor level and a large 19th-century window with two lights, each containing three panes, topped with a stone segmental head.

The rear of the house includes an early 19th-century addition in rubble with two windows and a door, all in a 20th-century ashlar surround with a keystone above the door; part of a former stone segmental head remains above the door. To the right, there is a later 19th-century addition in ashlar, featuring a canted bay with a cornice, parapet, and coping, along with three 20th-century windows, and one small 20th-century window on the first floor, with a gable and coping above. The rear of the barn has a stable door with strap hinges and a stone segmental head, along with a two-storey addition that includes two doors and a two-light casement with a timber lintel on the first floor, and a loading door to the left, all in an ashlar surround.

Inside, the front left room has a chamfered beam with a large step and run-out stops, and there was formerly a stair to the rear of the room with a plank and batten door featuring L-shaped hinges; all windows inside are ovolo moulded. The barn has a four-bay roof with principal rafters, a collar, two rows of purlins, and a ridge purlin.