Bowness Farmhouse And Adjoining Barn/Byres

Bowness Farmhouse and the adjoining barn/byres date back to 1689, as indicated by an inscribed lintel from the house now located in the byre. The building features early 19th-century alterations. It has painted roughcast walls and a graduated greenslate roof, along with roughcast chimney stacks. The farmhouse is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with a T-shaped barn/byre to the left. The entrance includes a top-glazed six-panel door, and the sash windows, which have glazing bars, are framed in painted stone surrounds from the 19th century. The barn closest to the house has a round-headed passage entrance, a sliding plank door, and a louvred-vent window, along with a loft opening above and triangular vents. The byres are positioned at right angles and have a steeply pitched roof, featuring two segmental-arched openings with small windows above. The wall at the rear includes ground-floor doorways and upper-floor openings. There is a lean-to extension against the gable wall that is of no interest and obscures an entrance with a reused lintel.