Town Estate Farmhouse With Outbuildings Comprising Shippon At East End And Shippon And Slaughter House Adjoining At West End

The farmhouse, with its outbuildings, dates to 1669, as indicated by a porch datestone. It is constructed of stuccoed rubble, with a slate roof that is hipped at the left end. The chimney stacks are of rubble on the right, brick on the left, and a large lateral stack on the front, featuring weatherings and a tapered cap. The building originally had a through-passage plan and a two-storeyed porch. A projecting, gabled stair turret is located on the front, positioned between the hall and the parlour. The lower end has been extended and now serves as two kitchens and a dairy, with a lean-to slate roof. It appears this extension was heightened in the 19th century and may have previously functioned as a byre. A further two bays at the extreme lower end remain as a shippon with a loft above. The house has 1½ storeys. Two lean-tos with slate roofs are present at the lower end, and there are two window openings on the right-hand side. The gabled porch includes a two-light casement with two panes per light, above a slate plaque inscribed "Builded by Richard Peard Grace Peard Anno dom. 1669". The porch doorway has an unmoulded segmental arch and a six-panelled inner door with glazed upper panels. A sash window with eight-over-eight panes is located in the hall. A three-light window in the stair turret has six panes per light in an old, heavy frame. An upper-end dormer has a hornless sash window with two-over-two panes above a similar sash. The lower end of the shippon has two ventilation slits with two tiers of pigeon holes above, continuing to the rear above two plank doors with brick arches. The outbuildings adjoining the upper end include a slated roof over a cart entrance with large double doors, and a projecting square rubble pier to the right. A slaughter-house is situated to the right, with a square opening with a timber lintel and two plank doors to the rear. An angled extension to the rear forms a small shippon with three stalls and original roof trusses. The interior of the main range retains largely unspoilt 19th-century features, although some earlier features may be concealed; the main hall beams are boxed in and a blocked fireplace is present. The roof structure comprises five straight principals, with two tiers of purlins resting on backs and pegged collars. The fourth truss from the upper end features an F1-type apex (according to Alcock), with a saddle and a short kingpost supporting a diagonally set ridge purlin.