Lower Quarry

This is an early to mid-17th century farmhouse, likely with an 18th century dairy outshut added to the rear of the upper end, and a mid-19th century two-storey addition to the right. Later 20th century alterations have also been made. The farmhouse is constructed of granite and slate rubble with large granite quoins. It has slate roofs, with a hipped roof over the 19th century addition, and a ridge stack that originally heated the main hall. The original plan comprised three rooms and a through passage, with a shippon to the left, initially possibly open to the passage, hall and inner room. A dairy outshut is located to the rear with access from the hall. The location of the original staircase is now uncertain as the hall and inner room have been combined into one room in the 20th century. The hall originally had an axial stack projecting onto the passage, although the fireplace has been removed. The rear of the passage is enclosed within a further addition to the rear. The two-storey 19th century addition to the right was originally of two-room plan with a central entrance leading to the passage, and a stairwell to the rear left. It has since been remodelled as one room on the ground floor, with a 20th century staircase along the wall to the left. The original part of the house has a lower roofline on the left and two storeys. The shippon has a blocked door and two two-light casement windows under the eaves, along with a large weathered stack. To the left of the stack is the original doorway to the passage, now blocked, with a cambered head and granite jambs. The hall and inner room have a two-light casement with a slate dripstone, a 20th century window, and a small single light in a plain granite surround. At the first floor, there are two two-light casements and a six-pane light. The left gable end of the shippon has 20th century double doors and a loading door above, and three pigeon holes with slate perches in the gable. The rear of the original building has a 20th century dormer window to the left. The dairy outshut has a single light and door, and a second lean-to with a corrugated iron roof and a 20th century window. The rear of the shippon has a 20th century window and a single light with a timber lintel. The 19th century building to the right has two storeys and projects forward from the earlier building, featuring three windows, all two-light casements with flat granite lintels. A central, 20th century gabled porch with a glazed door has been added. Stacks have been removed from the 19th century building, and the right gable end has a 20th century three-light casement on the ground floor. The rear of the 19th century building has a central fifteen-pane light under the eaves, and to the right, a nine-pane light on the ground floor and a fifteen-pane light on the first floor, formerly serving the stairwell. The interior has been significantly altered, but the original passage remains, featuring a blocked four-centred arched doorway to the former hall and a curved oven projection to the rear of the stack. There is no evidence of a wall originally separating the shippon, which previously had a loft over it and now has a 20th century roof. A door from the hall to the rear dairy has strap hinges and a circular ventilation hole, while a recess in the rear wall may have been a doorway in the inner room, leading to a former addition.