Marledge Farmhouse

Marledge Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid-to-late 17th century, with probable 18th and late 19th-century additions. It is constructed primarily of roughly squared and coursed sandstone to the ground floor and end walls, with rendered cob to the first floor and cob below the eaves of the gable ends. Some 19th-century red-brick dressings are present at the rear, along with a lean-to outshut. The roof is covered with asbestos slate, with corrugated asbestos over the rear lean-to. Rendered stone and brick stacks rise from the building.

The original plan was a central-entrance, two-room layout facing south, featuring integral end stacks. A shallow rectangular projection creates a central entrance lobby, with a staircase rising within. The cob beneath the eaves may be original to the 17th-century construction or possibly evidence of raised eaves at a later date. A short kitchen wing, likely dating to the 18th or 19th century, was added to the rear of the right-hand side, along with a 19th-century lean-to outshut at the rear of the left-hand side. Minor internal alterations were made in the 19th century to the left-hand ground-floor room and entrance lobby.

The two-storey farmhouse has a nearly symmetrical three-bay facade. The right and left sides feature 19th-century three-light wooden casement windows, while the central projection has a 19th-century two-light wooden casement on the first floor. A 20th-century half-glazed boarded door is centrally located. A 17th-century leaded two-light wooden casement is at the rear, illuminating the top of the staircase. A 19th-century lean-to has an internal brick lateral stack, and a 19th-century two-light wooden casement and boarded door are set into the side with brick segmental head surrounds.

Inside, the right-hand ground-floor room has a plastered 17th-century chamfered cross beam. An open 17th-century fireplace features splayed dressed sandstone jambs, a chamfered wooden lintel with stepped runout stops, and a 19th-century bread oven with a cast-iron door. A 17th-century wall cupboard to the right of the fireplace has two four-panelled doors and a bench below. A window seat is located at the front of the room. A 19th-century four-panelled door leads to the cupboard below the stairs. The left-hand ground-floor room was enlarged in the late 19th century by incorporating space from the entrance lobby and now features a pair of boxed cross beams. 19th-century four-panelled doors provide access to each room from the entrance lobby. A 19th-century one-flight staircase replaced an earlier 17th-century staircase. The first-floor rooms and roof space were not inspected.