Beenleigh Farmhouse Including Front Garden Area Wall Adjoining South

Farmhouse. Dating from the 17th century or earlier, it was remodelled in the early 19th century. The construction is primarily painted stone rubble with plastered front facing, covered by a slate roof with gabled ends and scantle slates to the front pitch. Moulded cast iron gutters with lion mast joints are present. A lower, hipped slate roof covers the rear wing. Large internal gable end stacks, with rendered shafts, and a large projecting rear lateral stack with set-offs and a 19th-century brick shaft are notable features. The original plan was likely a three-room land through or cross-passage design, with heating from gable end stacks at the lower end (right side) and the hall, and a separate, unheated two-story wing added behind the left-hand room in the late 17th or 18th century. A substantial remodelling in the early 19th century included raising the roof, refenestrating the front, and inserting an entrance hall with a staircase, partially within a rear projection. The south front is symmetrical with four windows, though the doorway is slightly left of centre. The upper floor has a 16-pane sash window without side lights. Other windows are early 19th-century tripartite sashes, with 12 panes in the centre light and four panes in the side lights. The doorway has a 19th-century six-panel door with a four-pane rectangular overlight and a 20th-century open porch with weatherboarded gables and a slate roof. The rear elevation includes an 18th or early 19th-century three-light casement with glazing bars, a blocked window band with a small 20th-century window inserted, a large projecting lateral stack, and a likely stair projection. A long, single-story wing, probably an outbuilding, is also present at the rear. The interior was not accessible during the assessment but likely contains 19th-century joinery. The house was a Manor in the time of the Domesday Book. An adjoining front garden area wall, probably from the early 19th century, is constructed of slate rubble with slate coping. It includes gate piers with slate caps, a lower wall leading to the doorway, and higher walls on the right and left sides of the garden.