Pewson Barton

Pewson Barton is a farmhouse, almost certainly dating back to the late medieval period, with alterations and additions from the 17th century and later. The construction is primarily of rendered cob and exposed rubble walls, topped by a gable-ended thatched roof, with corrugated asbestos on a wing. There are several stacks: one projecting from the front lateral wall, with a tapering cap and brick shaft, a brick axial stack, one at the right gable, and another axial to the wing.

Originally, the house followed a 3-room-and-through-passage plan, with the lower end positioned to the left. Surviving early roof trusses in the hall and lower end suggest a medieval origin, likely originally featuring an open hall with a central hearth. While this cannot be definitively proven due to lack of roof access, the hall was likely ceiled around the early 17th century, with the addition of the front lateral stack at that time. A small dairy was built out behind the inner room. The addition at the lower, left-hand end is an L-shaped range, consisting of three distinct sections. The end part of the wing appears to be the earliest, dating to the 17th century, with the two intermediate sections added later. It's possible this 17th-century range was originally a detached kitchen, with the space between it and the main house later filled in. This addition now functions for a non-domestic purpose.

The exterior presents an asymmetrical 2-window front, with 3 windows on the ground floor, and the projecting L-shaped addition to the left. Late 20th-century 2 and 3-light casements are present, except for single-light mid-to-late 20th-century casements without glazing bars on the ground floor to the left. A 19th or early 20th-century plank door leads to the passage, with the hall stack projecting to its right. The stone addition at the left-hand end has two doorways on its inner face, featuring brick arches. A small dairy wing is located behind the right-hand end of the main house.

Inside, a 17th-century square-headed doorframe with hollow and ovolo mouldings leads into the hall from the passage. The dairy contains a heavy, plain cambered wooden doorframe. The hall fireplace is blocked. A front room within the wing features chamfered, hollow, step-stopped cross beams and an open fireplace with a worn wooden lintel.

The roof structure above the hall and lower end consists of two face-pegged jointed crucks, likely with morticed collars. The front blade of the hall truss has been replaced by the hall stack. While the roof space is inaccessible, it is likely to be a medieval structure. Further original features are likely concealed within this house, which was evidently built to a good standard.