Oldsbrim Farmhouse

Farmhouse, likely dating from the 17th century or earlier, with an extension at the lower end. It is probably a former longhouse. The farmhouse is constructed of granite rubble with a half-hipped thatched roof. A granite chimneystack, likely from the 19th century, is situated on the ridge at the right-hand end of the main house section. The design appears to be based on a three-room and cross-passage plan. To the left of the passage is a hall and an inner room, while a non-domestic room, possibly a former shippon (animal shelter), is to the right. This lower section is at a significantly lower level than the passage and is divided from it at ground-floor level by a stone wall; it originally had a separate external doorway. The wall dividing the two rooms in the lower section has been removed. The farmhouse has two storeys. The main house portion has only one window facing the front, a 20th-century metal casement at the left-hand end of the ground floor, with a plain granite lintel. There is possibly a blocked window to the right of this. The passage door has a thatched porch with a pent-roofed stone cover. The non-domestic section to the right has three upper-storey windows from the 20th century, the right-hand window largely within the added section. Below the left-hand window is the former doorway, now blocked with a 20th-century window inserted above. To its right is a small 20th-century metal-framed window, also with a granite lintel. The added section also has a doorway with a granite lintel. In the gable-wall facing the road is a 20th-century glazed ventilation slit. The eaves line of both the non-domestic sections has been raised, originally sloping downhill to match the ground's fall. The interior was not inspected, but the lower end was still non-domestic at the time of inspection, although undergoing conversion. A short flight of old granite steps leads up to the cross-passage doorway. Roof timbers in the lower end were replaced in the 20th century. The shippon on the south-west side of the farmyard, together with the adjacent south boundary wall, form a notable group with the house and are listed separately.