Shorland Old Farmhouse With Byre Attached

The property is a farmhouse, now a holiday cottage, with a byre attached. It was likely built in the late 17th century, with alterations in the 19th century, although it may contain earlier fabric. The farmhouse is constructed of colour-painted rendered rubble, with a slate roof and gable ends. A stack with offsets is located at the right gable end, featuring a brick shaft and an axial brick stack. The building has a through-passage plan, with a single room on each side, but the upper storey extends over part of the byre, which is attached to the upper left gable end of the house. A blocked doorway beside the axial stack, and partly plastered internal walls within part of the byre, suggest the presence of an inner room at the upper end. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a four-window front, featuring 19th and 20th century casements: three are two-light, and one is three-light. A gabled half-dormer window is positioned above the byre. A two-light casement with two panes per light is located to the right of a porch with a gabled slate roof, and a sash window with margin glazing bars is present to the right of the porch. The inner door is planked. Two two-light casements, with two and three panes per light, are situated to the left of the porch. Four doorways lead to the byre; three are blocked, while the one on the right has a plank door. Inside, two bread ovens are found in the room to the left of the cross-passage, and one is located in the continuous outshut to the rear. The hall features 19th century dado panelling of vertical boarding, and similar planking extends to the full height of the cross-passage end. There are four halved and pegged trusses with trenched purlins and side-pegged collars below the axial stack, and two trusses with steeply pitched principals above the byre.