Thorndon Farmhouse Including Front Garden Area Wall, Railings, Gate And Gate Piers

The property is a farmhouse, likely dating to the early to mid 17th century, with possible earlier fabric. It was extended in the 18th century and a barn was added in the late 18th or early 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of plastered stone rubble with thatched roofs, gabled to the left and half-hipped to the right. Slate roofs cover the rear outshuts and the barn. There are three brick and rubble stacks: one projecting at the left gable, an axial stack, and a lateral stack at the rear.

The original layout was likely a 2- or 3-room plan with a through passage, though a full-height wall between the hall and inner room complicates this. The hall is heated by a stack backing onto the passage, while the lower room has a stack at the gable end. The inner room was unheated. In the 18th century, the house was extended by two rooms, with one becoming a small outbuilding. 19th-century outshuts were added to the rear. Attached to the left (lower) end is a barn, also dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, with a hipped roof at the left end, a wide doorway centrally, a smaller door to the right, and several slit openings. The barn corners are splayed.

The front of the house has an asymmetrical five-window appearance. Most windows are 20th-century casements with small panes, with the exception of a 3-light hall window to the right of the porch and a metal-framed 3-light window to the far right. A gabled, 19th-century porch contains a 20th-century plank door. A 20th-century part-glazed door leads into the extension, and a 19th-century plank door enters the outbuilding. 19th-century outshuts run along the rear wall.

The interior roof timbers are rough and closely spaced with lapped and pegged collars, likely dating to the 18th or 19th century. The hall features chamfered cross beams with ogee stops. The lower room has an 18th-century wall cupboard with an arched opening and curved shelves on its rear wall. Original fireplaces have been reconstructed or concealed.

A low 19th-century wall with iron railings, a gate, and granite gate piers forms a boundary to a shallow front garden. The building retains a picturesque appearance and occupies a prominent roadside location.