FARMHOUSE AT SX 522 788

This is a farmhouse with a 17th-century origin, significantly altered in the 19th century. It is constructed of granite and slate rubble with a slate roof, the roofline being at three levels, with a hipped section at the left end and a gable at the right. Two axial brick chimneys are present, one rendered brick and the other rendered rubble. There is also a rendered rubble stack at the right gable end.

The original plan likely comprised a longhouse, retaining a shippon (animal shelter) at the lower left end, formerly with a through-passage, hall, and inner room. In the 19th century, the passage was blocked and a chimney stack was inserted, separating the shippon from the house. The main entrance was subsequently added to the hall. A puzzling feature is a lower-roofed wing projecting at right angles from the main building, containing fragments of early windows, potentially reused from an earlier building or representing part of a prior structure, now used for storage.

The front facade is asymmetrical featuring two window bays. The first-floor windows and ground-floor windows on the left are late 19th-century 2- and 3-light casements. Other ground-floor windows are mid-19th century casements of 3 and 2 lights. A late 19th-century gabled porch with brick and glazing is positioned to the left of centre. The shippon has a wide opening and an outshut built against its end. A lower wing projects from the right-hand end, featuring a 2-light granite mullion window with a dripmould above, and a similar window head is incorporated into the adjacent wall. A rectangular stair projection is located at the rear of the hall.

The interior is believed to have been modernized in the late 19th or early 20th century, obscuring earlier features.