Shutelake Farmhouse

Shutelake Farmhouse is a former farmhouse that possibly dates back to the 16th century. It is constructed of stone with some cob, plastered, and features gabled-end roofs covered with slate and pantiles. Originally, it had a three-room, through-passage layout with wings at the rear of the parlour and lower end, along with a barn extension in front of the lower end. The building has an end stack to the parlour, a rear external lateral stack to the hall, and an end stack to the parlour wing, all with brick shafts. The farmhouse is two storeys high.

The front of the building has a four-window range, including three three-light windows and one small single-light window on the left side with a large exposed lintel. There are large three-light casement windows in both the hall and parlour, and a glazed 20th-century door leading to the passage. The front barn projects forward with a roof ridge that is significantly lower than the main range and features two doors and hay loft access, with part of the front end weatherboarded.

The left-hand elevation, which is above steeply falling ground, is heavily buttressed and has three three-light windows on each floor. The right-hand elevation features two two-light casement windows that may retain 17th or 18th-century frames. The rear of the farmhouse has no windows on the end faces of the wings, although there is a stone flat-roofed extension to the parlour wing with 20th-century windows. To the right of the external stack, there are two three-light windows, one of which occupies the rear entrance to the passage, along with a large slated set-off. The lower end wing has two three-light windows on the first floor and two on the ground floor, one of which has chamfered jambs and mullions.

Inside, there are several unchamfered ceiling beams and a chamfered bressumer that is morticed to receive a higher end screen to the passage. The hall features deeply chamfered beams with hollow step stops. The roof retains the rear blades of two jointed crucks, which are smoke-blackened, although the roof has been renewed on several occasions.