Mountshayne Farmhouse

Mountshayne Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around the mid-17th century, which was remodeled in the late 19th century. It is constructed of flint with a rendered south front and features a slate roof with gabled ends. The building has redbrick chimney stacks at the ridge and gable ends from the 19th century. The layout consists of three rooms and a through passage, with the lower status end located to the right at a higher ground level. This lower end includes a gable end stack, and the hall is heated from the stack that backs onto the passage. The south doorway of the passage has been blocked.

In the remodeling of the late 19th century, the higher right gable end became the entrance front, and this end room was divided to create a stair hall and a front parlour, which is heated by a fireplace in the corner. The south front has an asymmetrical arrangement of four windows, featuring late 19th and 20th century casements and sashes. The former passage doorway, located to the right of center on this front, has also been blocked. On the first floor, there are eight trefoil-shaped pigeon-holes made of shaped bricks with tile surrounds and flight ledges, dating from the late 19th century.

The lower left west gable end showcases late 19th century shaped and pierced barge boards. There is a late 19th century canted bay window and a doorway to the left with a segmental-headed fan-light. The north side of the building has a late 19th century outshut, which was originally the back, and features an early 19th century two-light casement window with leaded panes on the first floor.

Inside, the kitchen fireplace in the lower right room has a large chamfered timber lintel with hollow, slightly stepped stops. The former hall has a chamfered cross-beam with long hollow stops that also have a slight step. The hall fireplace is blocked but is reported to have a large timber lintel. The roof consists of four trusses over the hall and higher left end, featuring straight principals with halved and lapped apices, two tiers of butt purlins, and no ridge piece. The roof over the lower right end has later softwood trusses with lapped collars.