Halsbury Farmhouse And Attached Outbuilding

Halsbury Farmhouse and attached outbuilding date to 1659, with alterations in the early 18th century. The farmhouse is constructed of coursed slatestone rubble with a gabled asbestos slate roof, a slate roof to the rear, a rendered stone ridge stack to the left, and a rendered stone rear lateral stack. It is arranged in an L-shape, with a front right wing that was formerly an outbuilding and now used as a cowhouse. The main wing to the left has a 3-unit plan, containing the dwelling, and features a rear lateral stack to the central parlour to the right of the hall. The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a five-window front. A late 19th-century six-panelled door, glazed, is set within a mid-17th-century moulded wood architrave. Flat stone arches are above C20 windows to the right; an early to mid-18th-century twelve-pane sash with thick glazing bars is above the door, and two early 19th-century six-pane sashes are to the left. A late 19th-century horned plate-glass sash is set beneath a timber lintel to the left. The wing projecting to the front right has doveholes to its left side wall. Mid to late 19th-century three-light casements are set in a blocked doorway, with timber lintels; a 19th-century six-pane casement is to the first floor on the left. The front wall has a timber lintel over a C20 door, a loft door above, a C20 window to the right, and a blocked window. A two-storey projecting bay is located to the right. Two 19th-century outshuts are located to the rear.

Inside the house, in the range to the left, the ground-floor rooms have mid-17th-century chamfered beams, and the central room has a mid-17th-century plaster cornice. A mid-17th-century ovolo-moulded stone fireplace, a mid-18th-century plaster cornice, and a quatrefoil-shaped plaster panel to the ceiling are present in the room to the right. The first floor has a mid-18th-century plaster cornice. Mid-18th-century panelled doors are present; a fielded panel door with 17th-century S-scroll hinges is located opposite the front door. The outbuilding to the right has chamfered beams and large-scantling 17th-century joists to the projection on the right. The roof was not inspected. The group value of the farmhouse lies in its historic development and architectural details.