Castlehaw Farmhouse

This is a farmhouse, now a house, dated 1701, and subject to alterations and a recent radical renovation. It is constructed of mixed random rubble with slobbered pointing, sandstone quoins, and a stone slate roof. The building is in an “L” shape, comprising a single-depth, two-unit main range, with a service wing to the rear of the second unit (likely added early on), and a staircase outshut in the corner where the two wings meet.

The exterior is two storeys and attic, with six windows. Stone slate bands run over both floors, the upper ones having returned ends. A gabled porch is located to the right of centre on the ground floor. It has a moulded Tudor-arched opening, lintel inscribed "W / 17 R M 01," pigeon holes above the arch, kneelers, a small peephole on each side, built-in benches, and a boarded door with strap hinges. To the left of the porch are three two-light mullioned windows, while to the right are a three-light and a two-light mullioned window. On the first floor are five two-light windows and a one-light window at the right-hand end. Most windows have renewed surrounds and mullions, except those to the left of the porch and the two to the right on the ground floor, which retain chamfered reveals and cavetto mullions. Rebuilt gable chimneys are present. A shallow projection on the right-hand gable wall extends from the centre of the ground floor and incorporates two small attic windows. The rear wing is set back and includes a lean-to porch in the corner. Above this porch, the wall is canted inwards to reveal a one-light window in the rear wall of the main range. The rear wing otherwise has two altered windows on the ground floor, a chamfered one-light window above, and its rear gable has a chimney corbelled from the first floor.

The interior features contemporary panelled partitioning on the first floor of the main range and across the rear wall of the wing, likely originally used to screen a smokehood. This partitioning was removed during a restoration and has been re-installed, though its current location is uncertain. Similar partitioning has been recently inserted on the ground floor. The building forms a group with a nearby barn to the south-east.