Sherwell Farmhouse

Farmhouse, likely dating back to the 17th century or earlier, with later additions. It is constructed of granite rubble, with the front of the house partially covered in roughcast. The house part has a thatched roof with a hip at the right-hand end, while the former shippon (left-hand side) has a slated roof, also with a hip on the left. A large, plain granite chimney stack, originally serving a hall, rises from the ridge at the left-hand end of the house. Smaller, more recent brick stacks are located at each end of the building.

The farmhouse originally comprised three rooms, with two domestic rooms on the right side and a shippon on the left. A cross-passage, if it ever existed, is no longer present; the front door now opens directly into a lobby. The building is two storeys high, with single-storey additions. The house has two windows, fitted with 19th-century wooden casements containing two or three panes of glass each.

A small, gabled building, formerly a well-house, projects from the left-hand side. A lean-to structure in front of the shippon end also serves as a porch to the front door, which features an old plank door with wrought-iron strap hinges. The remains of a former outbuilding at the right-hand end consist of a small section of walling and a doorway having monolithic granite jambs and lintel.

Inside, the hall stack backs onto the entrance lobby, with a chamfered upper-floor beam built into the lobby wall. The hall fireplace is chamfered, with monolithic granite jambs and lintel. The upper floor beams are chamfered, although any original stops have been worn away. The joists are chamfered with step stops. A stone wall divides off the inner room, a large space likely used as a kitchen. A gable fireplace with plain granite jambs and lintel has an oven with a stone-framed opening and a shallow shelf in front. To the left of the fireplace is a winding granite staircase with a blocked slit window. An upper floor beam is rough and unchamfered, while the joists are from the 20th century. The second storey was not inspected. According to the owner, the shippon was still standing until shortly before she arrived in the 1950s. Local resident Mrs F Wilkinson believes the farmstead may have once been a mirrored pair of longhouses, each with a domestic room and a shippon.