East Hartley Farmhouse Including Front Garden Area Wall To North

Farmhouse. Dating from the early 17th century or earlier, the property was extended and remodelled in the 18th century and again around the mid-19th century. Constructed of local slate rubble, with slate hanging on the rear elevation, the roof is hipped and gabled, with corrugated asbestos or steel sheeting. A large lateral stack is positioned at the rear, featuring a massive stone shaft with a set-off. A brick stack is present on the left-hand gable end.

The original house likely had a two- or three-room plan with a through passage, with the lower end facing southeast. The hall has a lateral stack at the back plus an integral stair turret. To the right of the hall, there may have been an inner room. In the 18th century, a kitchen with a gable end stack was added to the right-hand end, along with a front service wing, creating an overall L-shaped plan. The through passage was widened in the 18th or mid-19th century to form a stairhall. Further remodelling in the mid-19th century included outshuts on the inner and outer sides of the service wing, and the addition of a porch at the front.

The front elevation has an asymmetrical appearance with four windows and a projecting wing to the right. Late 19th or early 20th-century 16-pane sashes are present, with the window on the right-hand side of the first floor lacking horns. A mid-19th-century single-storey lean-to outshut is located in the angle between the main range and the wing, below a 16-pane sash. A stone raking buttress sits at the left-hand end of the front of the main range. The rear has an integral stair turret, and the higher right-hand section features a massive projecting stack. The stack’s shaft is truncated, and it incorporates a large oven with a carbelled stone roof. An outshut is located on the opposite side of the stack.

A low slate rubble wall, probably dating from the 19th century, encloses the front garden area, with gate piers in front of the front door and a 20th-century wrought iron gate. The interior, which was not inspected, includes a mid-19th-century staircase with stick balusters and a turned newel. The hall fireplace has a replaced lintel, and there's a newel staircase beside the stack. Ceilings are high and no exposed beams were observed.