Cannonbarn Farmhouse

Cannonbarn Farmhouse is a building dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is constructed of stone rubble, with some colourwashed and rendered areas, and has a Delabole slate roof gabled at the ends, originally thatched. There are three stone stacks, two rendered and one projecting with set-offs at the left gable end. The original plan probably comprised three rooms and a through passage, of which one heated room and the passage survive. In the 17th century, the house was largely rebuilt beyond the passage under a higher roofline, incorporating a hall heated from a stack backing onto the passage, and a heated inner room. The inner room has a gable facing both front and rear, the rear gable possibly representing the remnant of a wing. A first-floor doorway suggests a former rear projection or wing. In the 18th or 19th century, the rear right wing was likely truncated and re-roofed as a two-storey lean-to, including a woodstore, dairy, and stair. The rear door of the through passage has been blocked, and the floor level has been raised.

The front facade is asymmetrical, featuring a two-by-two window arrangement and a gable on the right-hand side, with the first floor slate-hung. A 20th-century glazed porch fronts the main door, which leads into the passage. A further 20th-century entrance is located on the front at the left, with a late 20th-century lean-to porch. The hall and inner room have four-light 17th-century granite mullioned windows, featuring king mullions and hollow-chamfered subsidiary mullions. Hood moulds are present, with carved label stops, the hall window bearing stops carved with “R.P.”. The stone windows contain diamond-leaded panes. The hall window has one small 17th-century lead casement. The first-floor windows are 20th-century casements with glazing bars.

Inside, the room to the left on the ground floor contains three massive chamfered cross beams, probably from the 16th century, along with diagonal stops and chamfered joists with ogee stops. The 20th-century fireplace may conceal an earlier lintel. The passage has large, unmoulded beams, and the blocked rear door has a chamfered lintel. A 20th-century partition at the rear of the hall forms a passage to the inner room. A 20th-century fireplace is present in the hall, potentially concealing earlier jambs and lintel. The inner room has a large fireplace with bead-moulded jambs and lintel. Two good, moulded stopped timber doorways are notable: one to the inner room (ground floor) and one to the first floor. A chamfered stopped doorway leads to the room above the dairy and suggests a former two-storey rear wing or projection. Visible principals in the first-floor rooms appear to be straight. The roofspace has not been inspected.