Pitney Farmhouse

Pitney Farmhouse is an estate farmhouse dating from the mid to late 17th century, with refurbishments in the 18th century and renovations in the 20th century. It is constructed of whitewashed rendered cob and stone, topped with a concrete tile roof that was originally thatched. The roof is hipped at the ends and features an axial stack, a projecting stack at the right end, and a rear left lateral stack, all with brick shafts.

The building has a single depth main range that is three rooms wide, with possible evidence of a former through passage indicated by opposed doorways. There is a rear outshut that contains service rooms and a stair. The left-hand room, which may have been an inner room, is heated by the rear lateral stack and was originally single-storey, showing signs of fire damage on the wall.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical front featuring three windows. There is a likely 20th-century gabled porch with a central plank front door. An additional doorway leads into the left-hand room, which has a wide 19th-century plank door and a wide open porch with a hipped slate roof. The windows are a mix of 20th-century timber casements with glazing bars and square leaded panes. The tiled roof extends down as a catslide to the outshut.

Inside, the two right-hand rooms have chamfered crossbeams with decorative mid to late 17th-century scroll nick stops, while the left-hand room has a plain axial beam. Several 18th-century two-panel doors suggest refurbishment during that period. The main roof trusses are likely from the 18th or 19th century, with the rafters replaced in the 20th century when the thatch was changed to tiles.