Lower Hurston Farmhouse Including Garden Walls Adjoining To South

The property is a farmhouse, dating back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th century and an extension built around 1970. It is constructed of granite rubble with dressed granite quoins, featuring granite stacks: the oldest has a granite ashlar chimney shaft, and the roof is thatched, with corrugated iron on the outshot. Originally, the house comprised two rooms and a through-passage, facing south-south-east. The room to the west (left) served as the hall or parlour, with a large axial stack backing onto the passage and a granite newel staircase in the corner. The room to the right has a rear lateral stack, which may have been inserted in the 19th century. An extension with a rear lateral stack was added to the right-hand end in approximately 1970, with a straight join marking the division between the original and later building. Secondary outshots are located at the rear. The building likely began as a 16th-century open hall house, which was improved and floored over in the 17th century. The exterior presents an irregular four-window front, predominantly with 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars. However, on the ground floor to the left, there's a 17th-century granite three-light window with chamfered mullions, and a 20th-century five-light granite-mullioned window, in a similar 17th-century style, in the extension to the right. The eaves rise over all the first-floor casements. The front passage doorway, located to the left of the centre, has a 20th-century plank door, and there is another 20th-century part-glazed door into the extension. The roof is gable-ended to the right and has a steep half-hip to the left. Inside, the hall/parlour is a significant room, though the large granite fireplace has been rebuilt. A mid-17th century crossbeam, with stop-chamfered soffit and bar-step stops, and scratch-moulded joists is present. A granite newel staircase rises from the corner. The crossbeam in the other room has lost its finish. The roof contains true cruck trusses of large scantling, probably dating from the 16th century, but the roof space is inaccessible. The house may have originally been a small 16th-century house with three rooms and a through-passage, with the inner room and hall being combined during the 17th-century refurbishment. The garden walls adjoining to the south are also part of the listed structure.