East Borestone Farmhouse Including Stables Adjoining North West And Front Garden Area Wall

Farmhouse. Built around the middle of the 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of slate rubble, with the front of the left-hand end being slate hung. It has an asbestos hipped slate roof with red ridge tiles, and the right-hand end is slightly lower. There are central and projecting right-hand end stacks, both with brick shafts; the left-hand end stack has been truncated. The original layout was likely a three-room and through-passage plan, but it was altered to include a wider stairhall instead of a passage. There is no visible evidence of fabric from earlier than the 19th century.

Attached at right angles to the front, and to the inner side of the farmhouse, is a contemporary range of stables from the 19th century, with the inner end having been converted into living space.

The farmhouse has two storeys and a three-window front, with large 19th-century three-light casement windows containing glazing bars. A 19th-century panelled door is located to the right of centre, sheltered by a stone rubble gabled porch with a brick segmental arch.

Inside, the joinery is all from the 19th century, including a staircase with stick balusters, a baluster newel, and a wreathed handrail. The roofs are also 19th century, although the roof in the lower end was replaced in the 20th century.

A further outbuilding adjoins the north-west side, projecting at right angles to the left of the front. This was probably used as stables with a loft above and is constructed of slate rubble with a grouted scantle slate roof. It has three doorways with flat stone arches, two of which are blocked. There is a very small window under the eaves. A loft doorway, now a window, is visible in the left hand gable end. The right-hand end, adjoining the main house, is asbestos slate hung and has a higher roofline due to the extension.

A low stone rubble garden wall, with gate piers, encloses a small front garden area.