Bullhornstone Farmhouse

Bullhornstone Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating to 1769, with extensions added in the 19th century. It is constructed of granite rubble, rendered at the rear, and has a dry slate roof that is gabled at the right-hand, higher end, and hipped at the lower left-hand end. The original layout consisted of three rooms, with a wide passage and stair hall between the hall and the lower room. There are lateral stacks at the rear of the hall and the lower room, and another at the higher gable end. A dairy wing with a second staircase was added to the rear of the higher end, along with a lean-to outshut in the angle.

The higher end room may be an addition or rebuilding, evidenced by a straight joint in the front wall masonry and its own direct entry from the front, as well as a loft door in the higher gable end. However, the internal partition between this room and the hall is constructed of plastered studwork, rather than the solid masonry expected for an external wall.

The farmhouse has two storeys and a regular four-window front, with flat, dressed stone arches over C20 three-light casements. A glazed and panelled door is located to the left of centre, sheltered by a C19 gabled stone rubble porch. A datestone beneath the eaves is inscribed with ‘W’ over ‘1769’. A C20 door is located in the right-hand side.

The rear elevation features a large, projecting lateral hall stack at the centre with set-offs. A lateral stack is located to the right, in the lower room. The dairy wing on the left (higher end) has a half-hipped slate roof and a lean-to outshut in the angle, overlapping the hall stack. The higher gable end of the main range has a loft doorway.

Inside, the wide passage hall contains original framed, dog-leg stairs at the rear, with a moulded string and handrail, turned balusters and square newels that terminate in a column newel. Some original C18 fielded two-panel doors remain. The lower room has alcoves on either side of a blocked fireplace, featuring panelled and fluted pilasters, a kegblock in a round arch, cupboards below with diagonal cross panels, and a dentilled cornice to the ceiling. The fireplaces in the lower room and hall have been blocked with C20 grates. Plastered stud internal partitions separate the principal rooms. A C19 secondary staircase is located at the junction of the rear dairy and the inner room.