Bluecaster

Bluecaster is a farmhouse with attached outbuildings, likely built in the early 18th century, with later additions and alterations. At the time of the survey in 1994, it was unoccupied and undergoing renovation. The building is constructed of roughly-coursed mixed rubble, with the house being white-washed. The main range has a graduated blue slate roof, while the south wing features a stone slate roof, both with stone riggings.

The farmhouse is arranged in an L-plan, consisting of a single-depth, two-unit house oriented north-south and facing east, with a short crosswing attached to the south end and outbuildings extending from the north end. The exterior has two low storeys and two windows, with a straight stone-slate drip-course over the ground floor, which is interrupted by a central asymmetrically gabled single-storey porch that features a square-headed doorway protected by a drip-course.

To the left of the porch, there is a narrow one-light fire-window and a square nine-pane fixed window. To the right, there is a square window with fixed four-pane glazing and a narrow one-light window adjacent to it. The first floor has two square windows offset to the right, both of which have replacement nine-pane top-hung casements. A short square chimney is located on the ridge at the position of the former south gable.

The projected gabled wing to the left, possibly once a stable with a store above, has a doorway near the right-hand corner and stone steps leading to a loft doorway. The left return of this wing features one course of through-stones and two small windows at the first floor. The outbuildings at the north end consist of one bay at the same height (recently rebuilt) and two bays at a lower level, with a pair of plain doorways flanked by one-light windows and a loading window above to the left.

At the rear, the main range has a doorway in the centre, one small window to the left, two square windows to the right, and two windows at the first floor, some or all of which appear to be recent insertions. The interior has not been inspected but is believed to have been made into a single vessel at ground floor, featuring two chamfered beams and a built-in cupboard.