Carey Farmhouse

Carey Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid to late 18th century, although it likely has an earlier core. The building is constructed of colourwashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings, with a stone rubble lean-to at the rear and a slate roof that is hipped at the left end and gabled at the right end. It features a projecting rear left lateral stack with set-offs and a brick chimney at the right end.

The original layout may have been a late 16th or early 17th century two-room and cross passage house, with the hall heated by the lateral stack. It is unclear if the lower end was originally unheated, but it likely served as a kitchen by the mid to late 18th century when the rear lean-to, which contains a dairy, was added. The stair and roof trusses date from the late 18th or early 19th century. In the 19th century, the lower end chimney was adapted to accommodate a flue leading into the right-hand end of the rear lean-to, which was used as a smoking house; however, the pipe no longer exists, and the lower end fireplace appears to have been partly rebuilt. The lean-to is currently used as a kitchen.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a regular four-window front with two half-glazed doors. The left-hand door leads directly into the room heated by the lateral stack, while the right-hand door opens into a small stair lobby. The windows throughout are 2-light casements with eight panes per light and slate sills. A stable with a loft above is slightly set back and adjoins the right-hand end.

Inside, a 20th-century grate in the lateral stack may conceal earlier features. The large lower end fireplace has stone rubble jambs and a plain timber lintel supported by a metal plate at the left end. The lower end room has exposed joists, and the stair features stick balusters, a turned newel post, and a ramped handrail. The plank doors are from the late 18th century. A rear window that lights the stair is an early 19th-century Gothic style with an arched head and intersecting glazing bars. The roof has pegged collar rafter trusses with X-apex.