Pyewell Farmhouse, Including Adjoining Granary And Stables At Left End

Pyewell Farmhouse, with adjoining granary and stables at the left end, is an early 16th-century farmhouse that was remodelled in the 17th century and again around 1710. Stables and a granary were added probably in the late 18th or early 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of rendered stone rubble and cob, with slate roofs that have gabled ends. It has a rendered axial stack heating the inner room, a stack at the right gable end heating the lower end, and a tall stone rubble lateral hall stack with a tapered cap and offsets.

The farmhouse follows a through-passage plan, originally consisting of a hall and lower end. A solid cob partition between the hall and inner room rises to the apex of the roof, suggesting the latter was an early 18th-century addition. A dairy was also added beyond the inner room around this time, along with the stables and granary at the upper end. The farmhouse has a 5-window front. The windows are largely 20th-century replacements, although one 3-light casement is located at the lower end. A slate canopy covers the through-passage doorway.

External stone steps lead to the granary, which has a plank door with a loft door above, and a double plank door to the right of it.

Inside, a single smoke-blackened cruck truss remains over the hall, with trenched purlins. The two trusses over the lower end appear to have been replaced, possibly in the early 18th century, though it is possible this end was always ceiled. The hall ceiling beam and bressumers have decorative foliated stops, a chamfered fireplace lintel visible. The height of the ceiling and remaining molded plasterwork cornice at each end suggest the upper end may have been added in 1710, the date that once appeared above the doorway to the dairy. A stair turret at the rear of the parlour contains a dog-leg staircase with bobbin-turned balusters and square newels with clasping barley-sugar balusters at the corners. A 6-panel door is located at the head of the stairs. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are also present.