Foredown Farmhouse

Foredown Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 17th century or earlier and was re-fronted and remodelled internally in the 18th century. It has had 19th and 20th-century rear extensions and was modernised internally in the 20th century. The building features rendered rubble walls and a slate roof that is gabled to the left and half-hipped to the right. There are two rendered rubble stacks, one lateral at the rear and one projecting from the left gable end, along with a rendered brick lateral stack at the rear.

Originally, the farmhouse had a three-room and through-passage plan, with a rear lateral stack serving the hall and a gable stack for the left-hand room. The position of the passage is unclear due to the 18th-century remodelling and 20th-century modernisation. Currently, there are three rooms, with 19th and 20th-century extensions along the rear wall. The building is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical three-window front, with four windows on the ground floor. The first-floor left and left of centre windows, as well as the ground floor left window, are three-light 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The other windows are mid-20th-century metal frame casements with small panes; the ground floor left of centre window may have originally been a doorway, while the others possibly feature 18th-century wooden architraves with beaded edges.

The door to the right of centre is likely an 18th-century six-panel door, with the top two panels fielded and the middle two glazed. It has a flat door hood supported by carved wooden brackets and features a moulded cornice. There is a moulded and modillion cornice under the eaves. At the rear, there is probably a 19th-century wing to the left and 19th and 20th-century outshuts to the right. The interior has few visible original or 18th-century features on the ground floor, although some may be concealed.