Town Head Farmhouse And Attached Outbuilding To South-West

The property comprises a farmhouse and attached outbuilding located on the north side of Village Street in Newbiggin. The farmhouse dates to 1690, with subsequent alterations, while the attached outbuildings appear to be of two phases of construction, with one section likely contemporary with the farmhouse and an addition probably from the 18th century. The farmhouse is constructed of rubble stone with a Welsh slate roof, and is T-shaped with a contemporary rear wing. It has two first-floor windows. A central, single-storey, gabled porch, originally of two storeys, is present. The farmhouse features an ashlar-faced, triangular-headed doorway with richly-moulded arrises, decorative motifs on the spandrels, and a recessed panel on the lintel bearing the inscription “REH” “1690” with decorative motifs. Shaped kneelers and moulded copings are also present. A modern inner glazed door has been installed. The ground floor has a modern segmental bow window to the left of the porch, and to the right is a blocked fire window with a stepped soffit to the lintel, alongside a modern casement window set within the surround of a two-light, double-chamfered mullion window. The first floor has sash windows with glazing bars, slab sills, and lintels; portions of a blocked mullion window remain near the second window. Shaped kneelers and moulded copings are present on the right side, and the roof is of Welsh slate with an end stack projecting from the gable, incorporating a triangular slate pot. The outbuilding to the left of the farmhouse has two first-floor windows. The ground floor features a four-light double-chamfered mullion window, with the first two lights blocked and the third central mullion missing to create a part-shuttered opening. The first floor has a blocked two-light double-chamfered mullion window, and a modern casement window set within the surround of a two-light double-chamfered mullion window. A further section of outbuilding to the left is constructed entirely of through stones and has no openings. It is finished with a stone slate roof. The rear of the house reveals part of the surround of a ground-floor two-light double-chamfered mullion window. The rear of the middle outbuilding has a blocked ground-floor window, formerly of two lights, with arched heads to each light, incorporated into the lintel. The rear wing has two blocked single-light chamfered windows on the first floor with a gable stack. On the right (east) return of the wing, a blocked doorway, possibly formerly leading to a staircase beside a chimney breast, is present on the ground floor. The ground floor also retains part of the surround of a double-chamfered mullion window, and the first floor has a blocked two-light double-chamfered mullion window alongside a modern casement window set within the surround of a two-light double-chamfered mullion window.