Stentaford Farmhouse

Farmhouse, dating from the early 17th century, with later 17th-century additions and 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of granite and slatestone rubble with granite dressings, a slate roof, a gable end stack to the lower end, and a ridge stack to the left of the passage. Parts of the front are slate-hung. The original plan included two rooms and a through passage, with a hall/kitchen to the left and a lower end room to the right. The hall was originally heated by an axial stack backing onto the passage, and includes a stair tower to the rear. The lower end room has a gable end stack. The passage contains a porch to the front, and a 17th-century dairy outshut to the rear of the lower end, entered through the original rear passage door. The front wall of the hall was rebuilt, bringing the hall forward in line with the porch. The house is two storeys high. The hall has a 3-light 20th-century casement at ground floor, and a 4-pane horizontal sliding sash window at first floor, the latter being slate-hung. The porch has a pitched roof and a 4-centred arched, hollow-chamfered granite doorway with a 20th-century door and large quoins. The lower end has 20th-century windows at ground and first floor, and a small 2-pane light at first floor left, with rougher quoins to the right end. The roof is higher over the hall, and the ridge stack is weathered. The left gable end is hipped with rough granite footings; the right gable end is blank. The rear of the house features a single-storey dairy outshut that runs along the entire lower end and passage, with 3 20th-century windows. A stair tower to the right has a chamfered granite light with an iron stanchion. The interior has a granite doorway in the porch with a 4-centred arch, a chamfered doorframe, and a stone bench to the side. A rear oven projects into the passage. A partition wall divides the lower end room, while the wall to the hall is largely formed by the chimney breast. The hall contains an original fireplace that is now closed, and a chamfered doorframe to the rear stair tower with a granite newel stair and wooden treads. At the first floor, there is a similar chamfered doorframe to the hall chamber. A small central room is situated at first floor level over the passage.