Pleases Farmhouse

The farmhouse probably dates to the 16th or 17th century and was extended in the early to mid-19th century. It is built of rendered and painted stone rubble and cob, with a dry slate roof featuring side eaves to the front supported by shaped brackets, a hipped section to the left, and brick chimneys. One chimney is external and situated over a gable end, while another is large, external, and stone-faced with slate weathering and a brick shaft to the front right of the entrance, and a rear stack to the lower room, now partly hidden by a 19th-century lean-to. Originally designed with a three-room through-passage plan, it was extended in the 19th century by one room to the left and a rear lean-to and outshut to form service rooms. The building is two storeys high, with a basement at the lower end. The south-west front has an irregular five-window arrangement. The original doorway retains a six-pane door and a late-19th century gabled hood with a shaped bargeboard. A three-light casement window is above the door. Other windows are of a similar date, aside from French windows inserted in 1985 where a hall window was previously located, and a 1985 top-opening window on the right. A wider window with four lights is situated in the room to the left of the doorway. Several older casement windows are present at the rear. Inside, a lateral hall fireplace has ashlar jambs and back, with a rough square timber lintel. A thin chamfered ceiling beam is also present. A stud and plaster partition between the hall and inner room was removed. A 19th-century staircase is located in the widened through-passage. A lateral fireplace sits at the rear of the lower room, featuring a chamfered timber lintel. The entire roof was replaced in the 19th century and has been repaired in the 20th century.