Furze Farmhouse

Furze Farmhouse is a farmhouse with origins in the 17th century, although it was virtually rebuilt in the 19th century following a fire. The house is constructed of whitewashed rendered stone and cob, with a bitumenized slate roof and gable ends. A stack is located at the left gable end, featuring slate capping and a brick shaft, and a tall front lateral hall stack with offsets, which has been heightened in brick. The original plan comprised three rooms and a cross-passage section, which contains the staircase to the rear. The lower end on the left was originally heated, and a fireplace was inserted into the inner room in the 20th century. The house has two storeys and a four-window front. The upper storey windows are mainly 19th century, consisting of variously paned two-light casements, with a three-light casement at the left end. The ground floor windows are 20th century, with a three-light window to the left of a porch which has a slate roof extending to form a sill for the lateral stack. The front door is plank. The interior joinery from the 19th century remains largely intact. An axial beam with chamfering is visible in the inner room, but few other original beams are exposed. Five roughly pegged trusses, probably dating from the 19th century, are present; their wider span suggests that the rear wall was built out after the fire to increase the width of the rooms.