Lower Pithayne Farmhouse

Lower Pithayne Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1832, although it is believed to have an earlier core. It is constructed from roughcast local stone and flint rubble, with stone rubble stacks topped with 19th and 20th-century brick, and features a thatch roof. The farmhouse has an L-shaped plan, with the main block facing south and built across a hillslope. It consists of three rooms: a small parlour at the left (west) end, a dining room in the center, and an axial stack that serves back-to-back fireplaces between them. The right (east) end includes an entrance lobby and the main staircase. A rear block projects at a right angle from the right end, containing a kitchen with a stack backing onto the main block, and an unheated dairy or buttery at the back. The building has two storeys and lean-to outshots at the rear.

The exterior features a regular four-window front with 19th-century casements that contain rectangular panes of leaded glass, and similar windows are found on the other sides. The first-floor window to the left of center is blind. Below this window is a Hamstone plaque that commemorates the rebuilding of the farmhouse in 1832 by Sir T.T.F.E. Drake. A lean-to porch is located at the right end, with its outer round-headed arch flush with the main front. The doorway on the right end features its original six-panel door from 1832. Behind the porch is a tall, narrow stair window with 19th-century colored glass margin panes. Both wings of the roof are gable-ended.

Inside, the farmhouse contains plain 19th-century carpentry details, including crossbeams with narrow chamfers and brick fireplaces with plain oak lintels, as well as a significant amount of 19th-century joinery detail. The roof was not inspected. Overall, this is a well-preserved 19th-century estate farmhouse of modest proportions.