Hingston Borough Farmhouse

Hingston Borough Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century or early 17th century. It is constructed of rendered rubble with a corrugated asbestos cement roof and has rubble stacks. The layout features a three-room cross-passage plan with a lateral stack in the middle room. The farmhouse has been extended with a cottage at the upper end and a wing that returns towards the lane, creating an L-plan.

The road-facing front has a lean-to and is fairly plain, except for an entrance door on the right. The return front of the wing features a horizontal 8-pane sash window above a 2-light casement. The main garden front has steps that rise to the right and includes a mix of 19th and 20th-century casements, mostly 2-light. At the left end, there is a section of thicker, projecting walling and a glazed conservatory above a glazed door. The roof pitch breaks between the second and third windows where the cross-passage emerges through a 20th-century door and a lightweight gabled porch. To the immediate right of the porch is a large stepped external lateral stack, followed by two more windows and a door under a lightweight gabled porch leading to the cottage. The right return features a 2-light casement, while the left end is hipped with a large rubble ridge stack that has been raised in brick. The outer return has two 2-light casements.

Inside, there are a series of very broad chamfered lateral beams. To the right of the cross-passage, there is a peaked-head doorway leading down to the kitchen, which also contains a smoking chamber that was formerly domed and is adjacent to the fireplace. A stone spiral staircase is said to have been removed from alongside the central fireplace. The interior also features some notable 19th-century plank doors. The roof structure has not been fully inspected, and the building has undergone significant modifications in the 20th century.