Pool Bank Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Dated 1693, with later alterations. The building is constructed of stone rubble with a slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan and two storeys. The north-west wing has a north-west elevation of five bays. Most windows have small-paned fixed glazing with opening lights, but the fourth and fifth bays of the ground floor, and the second and third bays of the first floor, have small-paned casements. The entrance to the fourth bay has an embattled lintel with the date, a gabled canopy, and a studded door. Gable-end stacks and a cross-axial stack are present.

The south-west elevation of the south-west wing also has five bays, with the gable end of the north-west wing to the left and a small outbuilding to the right. A dripstone runs continuously over the ground floor windows of the first four bays. Double-chamfered cross-mullioned windows with 20th-century leaded glazing are visible, although the first two bays of the ground floor have two-light windows. A window to the fifth bay and a cross-mullioned window with a label and a single-chamfered light above are found in the gable end. The outbuilding has a first-floor entrance from a higher track.

The north-east elevation of the south-west wing has four bays. The ground floor has two windows matching those described above, but with three lights and a transom; a cross-mullioned window is in the fourth bay. The first floor has a cross-mullioned window and two windows of three lights; the fourth bay features a balcony under a catslide roof and a two-light wooden-mullioned window. An entrance to the fourth bay has a lintel with a sunk ogee and a label mould, and a studded door; the balcony entrance has a wide-boarded, battened door and strap hinges with fleur-de-lys finials. The outbuilding has a large opening to the ground floor with a casement window above.

The south-east elevation of the north-west wing has four irregular bays. The first bay has small lights, double-chamfered on the ground floor and single-chamfered on the first floor. A single-storey lean-to outshut is in the third bay. The second bay of the ground floor and the fourth bay of the first floor have small-paned fixed glazing with opening lights. Small-paned casements are in the fourth bay of the ground floor and the second bay of the first floor.

Inside the south-west wing, plank and muntin partitioning divides the space, with a dairy enclosed by moulded muntins. A small opening with splat balusters is present to one side, and there is a wide-boarded door. A large blocked segmental-headed fireplace exists. The north-west wing contains plank and muntin partitions, a plain spice cupboard, a door with planted moulded battens forming four panels, a three-panel door to the landing, and wide-boarded doors to the first floor with strap hinges and wooden latches.