Twitchen Farmhouse

Twitchen Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in 1687, as indicated by the datestone on the porch, although earlier fabric may be hidden within the structure. It is constructed of Morte slate stone with slate-hanging on the facade and the left gable end. The roof is slate, featuring a stack at the right gable end, two axial stacks with drips, and a lateral stack at the rear, which is now enclosed in a dairy outshut with a slated roof.

The layout follows a cross-passage plan, with a two-storeyed porch and stairs located in a projecting stair turret at the rear, which has a slated lean-to roof. The arrangement of rooms is unusual, with one room to the right of the cross-passage, a double hall to the left, and one part heated by an axial stack that forms a dividing wall to another part heated by the rear lateral stack. The end room has been shortened and previously featured a gable end stack, which is now enclosed by a two-storeyed extension that was formerly a wash-house.

The farmhouse has two storeys, and the slate-hanging below the first-floor sills is smaller, possibly indicating an earlier construction phase. The front features a six-window range, starting from the left with a two-light, two-paned casement above a brick porch with a slate lean-to roof. This is followed by sash windows on each floor, both with three over three panes, and a similar sash above a three-light casement with eight panes in each light. The two-storeyed porch has a 20th-century casement above a segmental arched plain porch door, with a slated datestone inset between the letters "GR" and the year 1687. Inside, there is a half-glazed panelled inner door.

To the right, there are two horned sashes, both with six over six panes, above two two-light windows with eight panes each. The added bay at the left end has a sash window with twelve over twelve panes at the rear. Inside, there is a rough chamfered beam in the room to the right of the cross-passage, while the smaller 'hall' to the left features a boxed-in beam and a herb or spice cupboard to the right of a blocked-in fireplace. A dog-leg staircase at the rear has a moulded handrail, slender-turned balusters, and turned newels, with beading on those attached to the wall string. Although there is no access to the main roof space, a distinct break in the roof line to the left side of the two-storeyed porch suggests a possible heightening in the 19th century to the right-hand part of the main range.