Blands Gill Farmhouse With Attached Barn To North

Blands Gill Farmhouse, with an attached barn to the north, is a farmhouse dated 1766 at the first floor, with alterations made over time. The building is constructed of mixed random rubble with quoins, featuring a graduated green slate roof and stone slate on the porch. The farmhouse is double-depth and double-fronted, standing two storeys high with two windows that are almost symmetrical. It has a wide gabled porch that is offset to the right of centre, with a square-headed outer opening and stone side benches. There are two small rectangular windows on each floor, all with raised sills and large stone wedge lintels, though the glazing has been altered. Above the porch, there is a small round-headed datestone inscribed "B / L A / 1766." At the rear, there is a stair-window offset to the left, also with altered glazing and a stone slate drip-course above, along with one window on each floor to the right, both featuring altered glazing. The barn to the left has shippon doorways at the front and a hay-store above, which is accessed from higher ground at the rear, where there is a wide lean-to porch. The interior has not been inspected. Despite the altered window joinery, this farmhouse is a good example of a mid to late 18th-century building.