Forder Farmhouse

Forder Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, which has seen little modernization since its construction. It is built from plastered granite stone rubble, with some cob, and features granite stacks topped with plastered chimney shafts, all under a thatched roof. The house has a three-room-and-through-passage plan and faces southeast, with the inner room located at the northeast end. Both the inner room and the service end rooms have projecting gable end stacks, while the hall has an axial stack that backs onto the passage, where a newel stair rises alongside to the front. The passage is currently blocked to the rear by a cupboard.

Although the interior was not inspected during the survey, it is believed that the house started as a 16th-century open hall house, possibly heated by an open hearth fire, and it is now two storeys high. The exterior features an irregular four-window front with 19th and 20th-century casements that include glazing bars, and there is a small stair window near the middle. The front passage doorway, located to the left of centre, contains a 19th-century plank door with a solid plain frame. The porch, which may date back to the 17th century, is constructed of granite rubble with seats on the sides and has a corrugated iron monopitch roof. The main roof is gable-ended, and the rear wall is blind.

While the interior was not available for inspection, it appears to have undergone only minor superficial modernizations since the 17th century. An oak plank-and-muntin screen was observed at the upper end of the hall, and the remaining fabric is likely from the 16th and 17th centuries, with the roof possibly being late medieval.