Steward Farmhouse

Steward Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely has origins from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th century, including the addition of a wing around the late 17th century. The building was remodeled in the 19th century. It features rendered granite rubble walls and a slate roof with gable ends. There are three chimney stacks: two gable stacks, one of which is on the wing, and one axial stack. The gable stacks are rendered, likely made of stone, with the wing stack having slate drip courses. The axial stack has a base made of granite blocks with drip moulds and a brick shaft on top.

The farmhouse has a three-room-and-through-passage plan, with the axial hall stack backing onto the passage and a lower room to the right heated by the gable end stack. There is an unheated inner room. The wing with the gable end stack was probably added to the front of the inner room in the late 17th century. A 19th-century outshut is located at the rear, and the house was refronted and remodeled inside during the 19th century, covering older features.

The building is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical three-window facade with the wing at the front of the left-hand end. The early 19th-century windows are 16-pane sash windows, except for a narrow fixed light on the ground floor left of centre. The door to the passage, located to the right of centre, is a late 19th-century or early 20th-century panelled and part-glazed door. There is a similar door in the corner of the inner face of the wing, with a window to the left on both the ground and first floors that matches the other sashes.

Inside, only a few early features are exposed, but it is likely that others are concealed behind later alterations. The back of the hall stack onto the passage is constructed of granite ashlar blocks. The fireplace in the lower room is blocked, but part of a timber lintel is visible, along with a wall cupboard beside it. This room also features a cross beam with a narrow chamfer and run-out stops. Stairs lead up to the roof space, which likely once served as an attic. The roof construction appears to be mainly from the 18th century, with collars pegged and slightly set into the principal rafters. At the higher end of the main block, some rafters are blackened, suggesting they were charred in a fire. Additionally, there are two chamfered purlins with bar and hollow step stops at this end, which are presumably reused.