Higher Pool Farmhouse

Higher Pool Farmhouse is a circa early 17th-century farmhouse, with extensions likely dating to the 18th century, constructed of local slate rubble. The roof is covered in asbestos slate, with hipped ends and a gable-ended wing. A stone rubble stack rises laterally at the rear, featuring a tall red brick shaft, and another stack is located on the side of the front wing, also with a brick shaft. Originally, the house probably comprised a three-room plan with a through or cross passage, although the lower left-hand end has been demolished. A two-storey porch projects to the front of the former passage, and has a chamfered dressed slate round arch. C19 and C20 casement windows, some with glazing bars, are positioned on the south-east front. The gable end of the wing is said to have been rebuilt. A large C20 conservatory is attached to the front of the porch. The rear of the house features a large lateral stack with a tall red brick shaft, and the left-hand lower end has been truncated. The right-hand end is now linked to an outbuilding, which is incorporated into the house. Internally, the ground floor has been significantly altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The right-hand room features large chamfered cross-beams that have been plastered over, and the passageway was blocked when a dairy was constructed. The hall fireplace includes a C20 brick chimney piece. The roof structure is reportedly largely replaced, but pegged principals remain. A lintel over the hall front window, concealed within the wall, bears the carved date 1640.