Farwell House And East Farwell

Farwell House and East Farwell are a pair of residences formed from what was originally a rectory, built in 1834 for the Reverend A. Farwell. The house was extended in the 19th century and divided into two separate dwellings in the 20th century. The exterior is stuccoed, likely over a stone rubble core. It features a twin-span slate roof with gabled ends and deep eaves, accented by paired brackets underneath. The gable end of the left cross-wing has decorative bargeboards. Rendered axial and gable-end stacks rise above the roofline, with grouped octagonal shafts.

The original design was a double depth plan, with a near-square layout. Initially, the front faced two principal rooms, with a central entrance or, more likely, a side entrance leading to a large stairhall. A later 19th-century extension added two rooms to the left side. This included a front room with a canted bay overlooking the front garden, and a back room connected to a new entrance via an axial passage. In the 20th century, the house was divided; the two right-hand rooms became East Farwell, while the remainder is now Farwell House.

The south front is asymmetrical, with three bays on each side. The right-hand three-bay range is the original part of the house and has a symmetrical facade with early 19th-century sash windows: twelve panes on the first floor and large fifteen-pane sashes on the ground floor, which have low sills. A doorway is now blocked. To the left, a projecting gable-ended cross-wing features shaped bargeboards and a two-story canted bay with a hipped slate roof, showcasing sashes without glazing bars on the first floor and French casements below. The left side of the cross-wing displays an asymmetrical arrangement of sashes and blind windows, along with a 20th-century glazed panelled door and rectangular overlight.

The interior of Farwell House, the only part inspected, reveals a large stairwell illuminated by a lantern and a fine early 19th-century imperial staircase. The open string has fretted scroll ends, while the balustrade incorporates stick balusters, a moulded mahogany handrail, turned column newels, and a wreathed curtail. The hall and front rooms retain moulded plaster ceiling cornices, though the fireplaces have been replaced. Most of the original internal joinery, such as panelled doors, remains intact. The rectory was constructed by Rev. A. Farwell, who possessed 71 acres of glebe land and a "well wooded lawn of seven acres," according to White's Directory.