Sayscourt Farmhouse

Sayscourt Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse, with a later 17th-century dairy and a south block added around 1700. Later 18th-century alterations, 19th-century window replacements, and 20th-century alterations have also occurred. The farmhouse is constructed from pennant rubble, formerly roughcast, with limestone dressings and quoins, brick sections, and double Roman tiled roofs. It has ridge and gable stacks with diagonal chimneys.

The building comprises a central double-pile block with a lobby entry, two parallel blocks to the north containing a brewhouse and dairy. The west front is two-and-a-half storeys and features three windows. The ground floor has three six-light mullion and transom windows with limestone surrounds and hood moulds (the hood moulds being 20th-century replacements), with a brick relieving arch above. The first floor has three three-light windows with similar surrounds, and three large gables rising to ridge height, each with a matching two-light window. The ground and first floor windows have relieving arches constructed of two courses of brick, with a single course at the second floor. A porch is located in the second bay from the left (originally central) and features a stepped gable with elaborate kneelers, a double-chamfered ogee-headed outer opening with a hood mould, a blank shield, and a cross finial. It contains a nine-panelled inner door. To the right of the porch is a section added around 1700, with three straight joints. Attached to the left is a lower dairy, featuring a six-light window on the ground floor, a blocked door with a four-centred arched head, a similar two-light casement above, and a gable rising to ridge height.

The right return side has two similar six-light windows at ground floor level. A tall, gabled porch is centrally positioned, containing a lancet window, kneelers, a finial, and a tall ogee-arched opening with a hood mould. The porch has a panelled and glazed inner door. Two six-light windows are situated on the first floor, and two steeply pointed gables each have a two-light casement and hood mould.

The left return side has the gable end of the brewhouse to the left and the dairy to the right, each with a door. The rear elevation has three gables, with the gable to the left projecting slightly, containing a blocked door and window at ground floor, and two blocked windows at first floor, one retaining a bolection-moulded architrave, floating cornice and relieving arch. A blocked attic window is present in the gable. Two similar gables are to the right, with a ground floor brick addition, a cross window, and two four-pane sashes. The first floor features a two-light casement to the left and a six-pane sash to the right. A central gable has a small 20th-century two-light casement and a blocked window, while the gable to the right has a large four-pane sash. To the right, a single-storey lean-to projects, forming a sheltered area for the former brewhouse door, and houses two two-light casements with a small gable above featuring a narrow light.

The interior was not inspected, with details as found in related sources.