Lower Crownley Farmhouse

Farmhouse, dating from the 16th or 17th century with later additions. The walls are likely of stone or cob, rendered with a roughcast finish. The roof is now concrete-tiled, but was formerly thatched. It has a large ashlar granite chimney stack with a moulded cap and thatch weatherings, positioned slightly off-centre towards the left side of the ridge. Originally comprising three rooms and a through-passage, with a hall stack backing onto the passage and an unusually long lower end, the farmhouse includes a later added T-shaped wing to the front. The front facade has six windows. A 20th-century glazed door is on the ground floor to the left of the wing, alongside a 2-light 19th-century wood casement window, and a further 20th-century window at the far end. Above these, on the first floor, are three 2-light wood casement windows, each with 8 panes per light. To the right of the wing are three ground-floor windows – two 19th-century wood casements with 3 panes per light to the left, and a 20th-century window to the right. The first floor above has two windows; a 3-light wood casement to the left and another 2-light casement to the right, both with 8 panes per light. The wing has a 20th-century door and a lean-to porch in front, as well as a 2-light wood casement window with 3 panes per light on the first floor. A 2-light wood casement window with 2 panes per light is located in the right-hand wall, at ground floor, with a further two windows on the first floor, each a 1-light wood casement with 6 panes. The right-hand gable of the main range has 12 pigeon holes in the upper storey. Inside, the original front door, now partially obscured by the added wing, has an ovolo-moulded wood frame with a cranked head. The former hall retains a chamfered main beam, along with two half-beams, all featuring stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. The lower room has an altered fireplace in the rear wall, with a projection alongside it, possibly intended for a newel staircase.