Fletchers Farmhouse

Fletchers Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse, likely with earlier origins, that was enlarged and remodelled in the 18th century and subsequently altered. It is now derelict. The farmhouse is constructed of roughly-coursed sandstone rubble with through-stones and quoins, topped with a stone slate roof partially replaced with corrugated iron. It has a single-depth plan of two unequal bays arranged on an east-west axis facing south, with the smaller bay seemingly integral with an attached barn to the west.

On the exterior, the eastern portion of the house features two windows on the first floor, positioned either side of a quoined vertical joint. A ruinous gabled porch is located to the left, covering a doorway immediately to the right of an internal partition wall. To the right of the porch are a pair of close-set, square mullioned windows with two and three lights respectively. The first window has fixed 3-pane glazing in the left light, while the second is blocked. A small, rectangular 4-pane fixed window is situated above the porch. To the left, the range incorporating the barn features one rectangular window on each floor of the domestic bay, a wagon doorway with a flat-arched head and rubble voussoirs including a drip-band (the left half is blocked), and external steps leading to a loft doorway at the left end. The roof of the eastern bay is predominantly corrugated iron, with a square chimney positioned at the junction of the domestic bays and a former gable chimney missing to the right. The rear elevation reveals through-stones on three levels, a blocked doorway opposite the front doorway and a blocked shouldered doorway to the barn range. There are two chamfered 1-light windows to the right (one blocked) and a square 2-light window above these.

The interior of the east bay contains a chamfered lateral beam, now lacking its upper floor and most of the joists. An 18th-century fireplace is found in the east gable wall, blocked and missing its lintel, flanked by spice-cupboard holes and a cupboard recess to the right. A chamfered lateral stone partition wall with doorways to the left and right remains, along with remnants of a quarter-turn stone staircase on the east side and a corbelled chimney rising from the first floor above the stairs. On the west side of this partition is a square fireplace with rubble jambs and a corbelled lintel, alongside a smaller fireplace above.

Historical evidence suggests the building was originally a two-unit longhouse with a hearth passage. The earlier byre was located to the east and was converted and raised into domestic accommodation in the 18th century, while the former hall at the western end was converted into a barn.