Furzeleigh Farmhouse, Former Stables And Pigsty Adjoining Left Side

Furzeleigh Farmhouse, along with its former stables and pigsty, dates to the late medieval period, with substantial remodelling during the 16th and 17th centuries. The stables are likely from the 18th century, and the pigsty from the 19th. The farmhouse is rendered, while the stables are built of stone rubble. The roofs are slate-covered. The farmhouse has three large rendered front chimneys, one on the rear wall, and a stone rubble chimney on the gable of a low wing at the rear. A corrugated-iron roof covers the stables and pigsty.

The farmhouse was probably originally a two-room medieval design, extended at the lower end to the left. A projecting entrance porch is positioned off-centre to the right, with a rounded stair turret to its right. The lower end now contains two rooms and features a chimney abutting the porch. A low, heated wing, possibly a salting-house for pig meat, is located at the rear of the lower end. The stables adjoin the left gable of the farmhouse, with a lean-to pigsty at the far end. The main house is two-storied, with the exception of the single-story rear wing. It has five windows across the front. The house features wood casement windows. The porch is gabled and two-storied, with a lower roofline to the left section.

The stable lofted and features three doorways and a window, all with segmental stone arches featuring tall voussoirs. An interior inspection was not carried out, but a previous listing description from 1973 noted the presence of wide, plastered beams. The steeply pitched roof of the right-hand section may be medieval, although the occupant reports that the timbers are plastered.

Together with the nearby bank barn, covered gateway, and cartshed, this farmstead forms an unusually well-preserved group. A detached cattle yard (not listed), comprised of buildings dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, is located on the east side of the road.