Stroat Farmhouse

Stroat Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from circa 1600, with alterations in the 19th century. The construction is of rendered rubble with a Welsh slate roof. It features two large external gable stacks on the right and one large gable stack on the left, each with triple flues.

The farmhouse is arranged in an L-shape, with a return arm to the right. The principal entrance, no longer in use, is located at the back, in the internal corner of the L, facing the road and opposite the staircase. A secondary entrance is situated on the right return, between the two large stacks. A later, lower block adjoins and connects to the left side of the original building.

The front of the house, facing the road, is arranged over two and a half storeys and has two windows. It includes small 20th-century gabled dormers above three-light wood casement windows with transoms, and a blank section of walling in the centre. A plank door is set within a 20th-century glazed porch on the right side of the front elevation. At the back, there are two or three-light casement windows, some with transoms. A projecting, full-height gabled porch features a plank door with nail-heads and strap hinges, set within a broad moulded wooden frame. The 19th-century block to the left is two storeys high and has two windows: a four-light casement window above a three-light window with a transom on the right, and a blank door on the left.

The interior retains mostly original steep A-frame roofs with high collars. A tight, open-well staircase has a heavy saddle-back handrail, square newels (some with finials), and turned ex-square balusters. It is accessed through a contemporary haunched wooden arch with a dropped finial, directly opposite the main entrance. Some rooms feature unusually large beams with run-out chamfers. In the passage leading from the side entrance, there is a large shell cupboard backing onto a main room – which may have formerly been a doorway – situated above a cellar. The back room has a bolection mould fireplace, and throughout the house there are numerous broad plank doors.

Historically, Stroat Farmhouse was a prestigious property.