Cossick Farmhouse

Cossick Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that was modernised in the 19th century. It features rendered granite rubble walls, with some large granite blocks visible on the lower gable end of the adjoining shippon. The roof is slate with gable ends. A projecting stone gable stack with a brick shaft is located at the higher end, while an axial stack has a stone base with drip moulds and a brick shaft. The layout consists of a three-room-and-through-passage plan, with an axial hall stack backing onto the passage and a newel staircase projecting at the rear of the hall. The inner room is heated by a gable end stack. There is a later shippon attached at the lower end, along with a small 19th-century wing added at the rear of the passage and two 19th-century outshuts at the front. The house has seen little alteration since the 19th century and stands two storeys tall. The front is asymmetrical, with two outshuts on the right side; one reaches the eaves level, while the left one features a 19th-century two-light casement window at its centre. Behind the outshut is a 19th-century plank door leading to the passage, positioned to the left of centre. An attached two-storey shippon with a lower roof line is located at the left end. The rear facade includes a gable 19th-century wing to the right of centre behind the passage and a rectangular stair projection to its left, with mainly 19th-century casements. The interior remains very traditional, featuring a hall fireplace with monolithic granite jambs and a massive granite lintel with a hollow chamfer, as well as a wooden newel staircase. The inner room fireplace is blocked but is believed to also have a granite lintel.