Northtown Farmhouse With Stables Attached

Northtown Farmhouse with attached stables is a farmhouse likely dating from the 17th century, with modifications made in 1697, as indicated by a datestone, and further alterations in the 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of stone rubble with brick and stone detailing, topped with slate roofs featuring gable ends. The stables, built in the 19th century, are made of rubble and raised in cob, also with slate roofs and gable ends.

The farmhouse has a truncated stack at the left gable end and a stack at the right gable end, which features some dressed stonework and a drip to the cap that bears the 1697 initialled datestone. There is a small brick axial shaft for the stack backing onto a wide through-passage in a three-cell plan, with the inner room remodelled and extended in 1697. The building is two-storeys high and has 20th-century windows, including a four-window range with one two-light and three three-light windows above three three-light windows. The windows at each end have brick lintels, and the left window is set into a blocked doorway. The central windows and a blocked opening to the right of the through-passage doorway feature stone voussoirs.

A slated lean-to canopy covers the porch, which has a half-glazed plank door. The stables are connected to the farmhouse by a short wall made of rubble and cob, topped with slate capping, and have a lean-to roof over a plank door that projects from the right gable end. The stables include two plank doors with rough stone voussoirs, flanked by small square openings, one of which is infilled, and two ventilation slits at the right end. There is also a loft door at the left gable end.

Inside the farmhouse, there is a roughly chamfered and stopped beam in the hall, some ancient joinery with L-hinges, and a chamfered timber fireplace lintel at the lower end with dressed stone jambs. The continuous outshuts at the rear have been expanded from the original stair turret, and the roof trusses have been replaced.