Batelease Farmhouse

Batelease Farmhouse is a farmhouse from the 17th century, possibly earlier, that was refurbished in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of plastered cob on rubble footings, with stone rubble stacks topped with 19th-century brick and a slate roof. The original layout was a three-room-and-through-passage plan, facing southwest, with a former service room at the left (northwest) end. The rear passage is now blocked by stairs, and the former inner room has been reduced in height and is now used as a workshop. There is a left end stack for the former service room, a large projecting rear lateral stack for the hall, and an axial stack that now appears as an end stack for the hall backing onto the former inner room. There are also secondary two-storey outshots across the rear.

The farmhouse has two storeys and a symmetrical three-window front, which includes a mix of late 19th-century and 20th-century casements, with the later ones lacking glazing bars. The central entrance features a part-glazed 20th-century door, and the roof is gable-ended. The inner room now has a monopitch roof and a late 19th-century casement with glazing bars at the front. Inside, the house displays 19th-century plaster, chimney pieces, and joinery, except in the workshop/former inner room, which has a stone rubble fireplace with a soffit-chamfered and scroll-stopped design, along with a similar finish on the surviving half beam. The rest of the main house likely retains its 17th-century layout, suggesting that early features may still exist behind the 19th-century plaster. The roof consists of 19th-century king post trusses.