Hollins Farmhouse

Hollins Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 18th century, with earlier origins, and features an extension from 1824, which is dated on the lintel. It is believed to have been built by John Foord, likely for himself. The building is constructed of tooled sandstone and has a corrugated asbestos roof, with extensions made of herringbone-tooled sandstone and pantile roofs. There are two rebuilt stacks.

The farmhouse probably originally had a two-cell, gable-entry plan, with later extensions added to the left and rear. The front has two storeys and two windows on the right, while the left side has a higher two-storey, two-window extension. The extension features a 20th-century part-glazed and panelled door, with an inserted roundel in a brick surround to the left, and a further replacement window at the end left. On the first floor, there are two four-pane sash windows with painted stone sills.

The ground-floor openings have heavy lintels, with the door lintel inscribed: I----- Foord ANNO DOMINI 1824. On either side of the door-head, stones are carved to represent the heads of a horse and a sheep. To the right front, there is a later inserted board door flanked by 20th-century replacement windows in partly altered chamfered surrounds. A fire window in a double chamfered surround is located at the end left. The first floor left has a two-light, 12-pane horizontal sliding sash window, and a similar six-pane window to the right. The left gable is coped, with stacks at the end and centre left.

Inside, the room to the right of the door features an inglenook fireplace with a boxed bressumer and heck, which survives. The fireplace has two arches, with the left one corbelled out on cavetto and ovolo moulded brackets. The remainder of the interior was not inspected as the house was unoccupied at the time of the resurvey.