Beards Farmhouse

Beards Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 16th century, with modifications made in the 17th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a steeply pitched slate roof with gabled ends. A rendered chimney stack is located behind the ridge and has granite weathering. The layout consists of three rooms and a through passage, with an inserted axial hall stack that backs onto the passage and an inserted hall ceiling. The kitchen may have originally served as a shippon but now includes a gable end stack. The higher end of the farmhouse appears to be partly rebuilt. A staircase slightly projects from the rear wall of the hall.

The building has two storeys and a three-window range, with 19th-century two-light casements that have glazing bars. To the left of the centre, there is a through passage doorway that slightly projects and features a 19th or 20th-century gabled timber porch and a plank door. There is also a slight projection for the staircase at the rear. The right-hand (west) end has a lower corrugated iron roof, while the left-hand (east) end has a lean-to.

Inside, the hall has closely spaced wavy and chamfered ceiling beams. There is a blocked axial fireplace in the hall, which is said to have granite jambs. A boarded partition between the through passage and the lower room may conceal a screen. Heavy joists are present over the through passage, and the ceiling beam in the lower room is boxed in. The gable end fireplace in the lower room is blocked. The staircase at the rear of the hall features a timber newel and a timber doorframe that incorporates a frame for a cupboard on the side. The roof includes three smoke-blackened trusses, with only the front blades surviving and a stump of a truncated blade at the back. The truss blades at the back are later additions. Some of the smoke-blackened rafters have been reused as joists in the roof above the ceiling.