Rue Crofts And Attached Barn To North

A farmhouse with an attached barn, dated 1711 and significantly altered in the early to mid-19th century, with more recent changes. The farmhouse is now a house. It is constructed of rubble stone with quoins, and has slate roofs, with some stone slates at the rear. The building follows a U-plan, incorporating a two-unit, double-depth house aligned north-south, facing west, with wings attached to both sides. The north wing was originally a barn, and has a projecting section to the west.

The main, two-story, two-window-wide house has a small gabled porch centered on the front, sheltering a 20th-century part-glazed door. It is flanked by two large rectangular windows with modern multi-pane glazing. The window on the right side of the first floor is crossed internally at half-height by the ceiling of the upper room; to the right of this window is the lintel of a former single-light window. Gable chimneys accentuate the roofline. A side window with glazing bars is located on the re-entrant side of the south wing, at ground floor, and another similar window is set above it in the gable wall. The rear wall of the main range features three two-centred arched windows on the first floor. The central window is larger and has Y-tracery.

The former barn attached to the north includes a square window at ground floor on the re-entrant side, and a rectangular window on the first floor of the gable wall.

Inside the south bay of the original farmhouse, there are two lateral beams, a rear partition wall made of muntin-and-plank construction, and a large 18th-century rectangular fireplace with a corbelled lintel and moulded surround, including a moulded false keystone. To the right of the fireplace is a square spice cupboard with a fielded panel bearing the incised letters "D / R R / 1711." Above the cupboard is a room with a ceiling. This room has a muntin-and-plank enclosure of a former smoke-hood. The former barn to the south is now incorporated at first-floor level into the house.