Lowertown Farmhouse

Lowertown Farmhouse is a farmhouse with origins dating back to the 16th century, featuring alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is colourwashed and rendered, topped with a two-span slate roof that has hipped ends. It has one massive projecting stone stack with set-offs located at the left end, and a lateral stone projecting stack with set-offs on the front at the right. The original layout likely consisted of three rooms and a through passage, with the lower end heated and the hall heated by the lateral stack. Evidence of disturbance in the right-hand end wall suggests that the inner room has been demolished. In the 19th century, the house was extended to the rear, creating a double depth plan, and a stair was added in the passage. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical three-window front, with the former hall stack on the right side and the front door located in a long lean-to porch. The ground floor features a 20-pane sash window on the left and a two-light casement window in the right-hand end of the lean-to. The interior has been modernized but may still conceal earlier features, with the ground floor room on the left having two boxed-in cross beams.