Myrtle Farmhouse

Myrtle Farmhouse, dating from the 17th century with possible earlier elements, is a stone rubble building with slate roofs. It has dressed stacks at each gable end and a diagonally set stack at the rear corner of the cross wing. The house follows an L-shaped plan, with the cross wing projecting from the left end of the main range. It is two storeys high and has a three-window facade to the main range. This features three 3-light stone ovolo mullion windows on the upper floor with two panes to each light, over two similar stone mullion windows with hoods. An early 19th-century sash window with 8 panes over 8 panes has been inserted to the left. A 17th-century doorway, located near the angle of the L, has an ovolo-moulded surround with scroll-stops and a framed and ledged plank door. A possibly 19th-century stone porch with a slate roof sits at the right gable end, matching the 17th-century door frame, and containing a 20th-century door, with blank walling above. The inner face of the cross wing has a horizontal sliding sash window with 9 panes to each light over a 6-paned sash. The gable end of the cross wing is largely blank and features a slate roof over a small lean-to. There is an outshut to the left side with an early plank door.

The interior remains largely unspoilt. A fine 17th-century coved ceiling with decorated plasterwork is present in the upper chamber at the right end of the main range, featuring a central pendant with a ribbed surround of 8 petals, 4 heart-shaped enclosures pointing outwards with floriated clusters at the tips (two to each side extending down to the coving with acorn motifs, and the other two with foliated clusters). A plasterwork cornice of two bands with an acorn motif is also present. There's a ribbed plaster cornice to the other principal bedrooms, and much of the internal joinery is intact. In the cross wing, original features include a stopped and chamfered fireplace lintel, beams, a settle, and other fixtures. While roofspace access is unavailable, there is likely evidence of two raised cruck trusses in the cross wing. A retaining garden wall of rubble stone, complete with an end pier and steps to the side, is also present. The cross wing may incorporate even earlier fabric.