Thorne Widger Farmhouse And Attached Wall And Barn

Thorne Widger Farmhouse, along with an attached wall and barn, is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century, with alterations and an extension from the mid-19th century. It features roughcast over coursed slatestone rubble and has a gabled slate roof with brick end stacks. The building has a three-unit plan, is two storeys high, and has a four-window range. The central porch includes a late 19th-century six-panelled door, two of which are glazed. There are flat rendered arches above late 19th-century two to three-light casements. The mid-19th-century extensions at the rear left are made from similar materials.

Inside, the ground-floor room on the right has a boxed beam and an open fireplace with pot hooks. The central room, which was the former hall, has a blocked fireplace and beams with cavetto and ovolo moulding. There are 19th-century plank and panelled doors. The room to the left and the first floor were not inspected but are likely to be of interest.

Additional features include an outshut that serves as a porch, which is attached to a wall of coursed slatestone rubble on the right. This wall is connected to an early 19th-century barn made of coursed slatestone rubble, topped with a gabled slate roof. The barn has a central threshing floor with plank double doors, strap hinges, and projecting cheeks, along with a Welsh slate roof. The entry is flanked by a 20th-century outshut with a corrugated iron roof and a 19th-century outshut with a pantile roof. To the left, there is a polygonal wheel house that has been partly rebuilt in breeze block. Inside the barn, there are A-frame trusses with pegged collars and notched apexes.