Shuttaford

Shuttaford is a farmhouse dating from around the 16th century, with a 17th century parlour wing and porch, and 20th century alterations. The building is constructed of rendered stone rubble and cob, topped with an asbestos slate roof featuring gabled and hipped ends. The roof at the higher west end is at a higher level. The layout consists of three rooms and a through passage, with a wide passage. There are lateral stacks at the rear of the hall and at the front of the lower end, along with an unheated inner room. The 17th century parlour wing is located at the rear of the hall, and there is a two-storey porch at the front of the through passage. A solid wall separates the inner room from the hall, and there is a plastered stud partition between the passage and hall. The partition between the passage and the lower room was rebuilt in the 20th century, and the lower end to the east has likely been shortened. The building is two storeys high and features a four-window range with 20th century casements. The centre of the building has a slate-hung two-storey gabled porch leading to the through passage doorway, which has an open front at ground floor with stone side benches.

Inside, the ceilings of the parlour, hall, and inner room are plastered. The fireplaces in the hall, parlour, and kitchen are blocked. The lower room, which serves as the kitchen, has a relatively thin chamfered cross beam with run-out stops. The roof over the hall and higher end dates from the 18th century, with trusses that have side pegged morticed apices and lap-jointed collars. The rafters and purlins have been replaced, and the roof over the lower end has been entirely replaced as well. There is no evidence to suggest that there was an open hall originally, as the roof is a replacement, but the lower end may have originally served as a shippon.