Collytown Barton Farmhouse

Collytown Barton Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the 17th century, with an addition from the 18th century and modernizations made in the 20th century. The building has rendered rubble walls and a gable-ended slate roof adorned with decorative ridge tiles. There are three rendered rubble stacks: one axial stack, one lateral stack at the rear of the left-hand side, and another lateral stack at the rear of a parallel block.

The original layout appears to have been a two-room-and-through-passage plan, with a rear lateral stack serving the smaller left-hand room, which may have been the kitchen, and an axial stack backing onto the passage leading to the right-hand room, likely the parlour. An additional heated block was added at the rear of the right-hand room, probably in the 18th century, for service purposes. The farmhouse was modernized in the early 20th century, during which original features may have been concealed, the passage was blocked, and a staircase was inserted.

The house has two storeys and features an asymmetrical three-window front with 20th-century three-light casements that have small panes; the ground floor right-hand window has four lights. There is a 20th-century plank door to the right of the center, which is sheltered by a doorhood supported on posts. A rear parallel block extends partly to the right, and there is a small outbuilding attached to the front of the house at right angles towards the right-hand end.

Inside, the right-hand room has chamfered cross beams with bar and hollow step stops. Modern grates in both principal rooms may hide original open fireplaces. Despite the later alterations, the farmhouse maintains a relatively traditional exterior and is likely to contain more early features internally.