Cleave Farmhouse

Early 19th-century farmhouse, likely remodelled from a late 17th-century structure. The farmhouse is constructed of rendered stone rubble with some cob, featuring a gabled dry slate roof with scantle slates to a lower hipped roof. A 17th-century chimney stack is located at the junction of the front and rear wings, and a 19th-century stack is positioned at the right-hand end. The building is arranged in an L-shape. The main front range consists of two rooms with a central stairhall; a smaller section set back to the left represents the original house, with its front wall demolished and brought forward during the remodelling. A rear wing, also with 17th-century origins, incorporates a stair turret with a gabled roof on its left side. A former outshut is located to the rear right, with thick walls, probably of cob, heightened in the 19th century. The front of the farmhouse has two storeys and three windows, featuring glazing bars to tripartite sash windows. A late 20th-century door sits within a mid-to-late 19th-century porch with chamfered posts. Late 19th-century two-light casements are found to the rear right. Internally, early 19th-century features include a stick-baluster staircase with a turned newel, panelled doors set in moulded architraves, a china cupboard in the ground-floor room to the right, and nailed A-frame trusses. The lower bay to the left retains a late 17th-century truss with a tenoned apex. A wooden winder stair is present in the rear wing. Other early features are obscured by later work.