1 North Harton Cottage

Former farmhouse, built in the C17 or early C18 and later extended to the west.

MATERIALS: constructed of granite rubble and with a pitched concrete-tile roof with three chimney stacks, two granite and one rendered.

PLAN: a linear footprint orientated east-west.

EXTERIOR: the linear range has two storeys. The four-window south (front) elevation consists of the original three-window phase, including an entrance with a plank door with applied ribs, and a later single-window bay to the left. There are stone quoins at either end of the building and at the join marking the end of the original house where there is also a buttress. The ground-floor windows in the older part have segmental arches, and there are early-C18 timber casements with moulded mullions and leaded panes in the right-hand windows and the window above the entrance. The windows to the left of the entrance consist of a ground-floor three-light timber casement and a first-floor C20 metal-framed window. The later west-end bay has a ground-floor two-light six-pane timber casement with a large granite lintel, and a first-floor four-pane timber casement. The cills in this elevation are granite and slate. The eastern gable end has a small ground-floor two-pane timber-casement window. The ground-floor of the western gable end is partially obscured by the adjacent bank but has a small first-floor timber window with leaded panes. The rear elevation faces into an enclosed courtyard and has an irregular fenestration of timber casements. Attached are two single-storey lean-tos with concrete-tile roofs; one provides access to the rear entrance into the cross passage. The house has two granite stacks with drip ledges, one at the east end and one an off-centre ridge stack (at the original west end), and a smaller rendered stack at the west end. There is a small flat-roof infill at the north-west corner which abuts 2 North Harton Cottage (2 North Harton Cottage is not included in the listing).

INTERIOR: the cross passage has ribbed-plank doors with strap hinges at either end. The room to the left of the passage has a chamfered ceiling beam and a substantial fireplace with a large timber lintel. Beyond is the later west-end bay which includes a reused two-panelled door, and a fireplace with large granite jambs and timber lintel. In the northern wall is a cupboard with a plank door which denotes the location of the former access to the rear wing. To the right of the passage is another heated room with a small cast-iron fireplace with brick surround. Also to the right is a later straight-flight staircase with stick balustrades. On the first floor are some early-C18 and later panelled doors. The feet of the earlier roof trusses survive in the first-floor rooms; above is a C20 king-post roof.