Kennacott Farmhouse

Kennacott Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, which was remodeled and extended in the early 19th century. It is constructed of rendered stone and cob, with slate roofs featuring gable end brick stacks on the front range and a lateral brick stack on the west side, all enclosed in a continuous outshut. The original 17th-century structure likely had a three-room plan, but the inner room was demolished and replaced by a symmetrical two-room central staircase plan at right angles to the original range, which then became the rear service wing.

The building has two storeys, and the 19th-century facade features a three-window range. It includes early 20th-century two-light casements with four panes per light above two seven-light casements with six panes per light, flanking a flat-roofed timber porch with a four-panelled door, the upper panels of which are glazed. There is a lean-to at the right end. The rear wing has 19th-century casements with three lights on the left and four lights on the right on each floor, along with a four-panelled door and a slate lean-to roof. A Gothick pointed arched doorway is located at the gable end.

Inside, the 17th-century range contains a fragment of a moulded plaster cornice in the hall. There is a fine 19th-century integral lavatory seat with a highly decorative bowl and original flushing mechanism off the principal chamber. The 19th-century range was undergoing extensive interior alterations at the time of the survey in June 1985 but retains a dog-leg staircase with a moulded handrail and turned balusters, as well as a moulded cornice in the room to the left of the entrance hall. The front range has four 19th-century trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars and two tiers of trenched purlins, along with a diagonally set ridge purlin. The roof timbers of the 17th-century range appear to have been replaced in the 20th century.