Longhouses Farmhouse And Attached Shippon

Longhouses Farmhouse and attached shippon, which includes a hayloft at a higher level, dates back to 1703, marked by the initials and date WFD (for William and Dorothy Fleming) in a diamond-shaped plaster panel above the porch. However, the structure is believed to be from the 17th century or earlier, with a later extension added to the rear. The farmhouse features limewashed rubble walls, a graduated green slate roof, a stone ridge, and end chimneys. It stands two storeys high with three irregularly placed windows.

The central gabled stone porch, likely a later addition, has a slate roof and a heavy boarded and studded door framed in plain timber. There is one fixed light window and one York slider on either side of the porch, both beneath a continuous slate drip. On the upper floor, there is one fixed light window with a chamfered timber mullion and two York sliders.

Inside, the farmhouse includes an ingle-nook with an inserted 18th-century fireplace, chamfered beams, and moulded plank and muntin partitions on the lower floor. There is a three-stage cupboard featuring the initials and date WFD 1711, along with a small spice cupboard with the same initials and date 1708. The dog-leg stair has a stone lower flight, and there is a plank and muntin partition with plaster infill on the upper floor. The shippon and hayloft are likely from the late 18th century, constructed with rough slate rubble walls that have protruding through stones, a graduated green slate roof, and a continuous slate canopy that protects the shippon doors.