Slack Farmhouse

Slack Farmhouse is a farmhouse and cottage that has been combined into a single dwelling. It was unoccupied and undergoing renovation at the time of inspection in July 1994. The building likely dates from the early to mid 18th century and was enlarged and altered in the 19th century. It is constructed of cement-washed random rubble with quoins and features a stone slate roof, with slate on the rear wing. Originally, it had an L-shaped plan formed by a single-depth, two-unit range oriented east-west and facing north, with an outshut at the rear of the east end. The structure was later expanded with an additional unit at the west end, a rear wing at the angle with the outshut, and another outshut in the west angle.

The exterior is two storeys high with a three-to-one window arrangement. The ground floor has windows and doorways arranged in the pattern of window-window-door-window-door-window. The doorways are square-headed with renewed board doors. The first window, likely a former fire-window, is rectangular with nine-pane fixed glazing, while the others are sashed with vertical glazing bars, featuring ten, eight, and eight panes, with the first two being large and square. All upper windows are sashed; the first and fourth windows match those below, while the others have 16 panes and lack horns. There are gable chimneys, with the left chimney being almost square and both topped with stone slate cornices. The east gable wall includes a small sash window at ground floor and a two-light chamfered flush mullion window at the first floor of the outshut. The rear wing has large sashes similar to those at the front.

The interior was not inspected, but two beams and an 18th-century fireplace were visible.