Home Farmhouse And Wall Attached To Right

Farmhouse. Probably built in the late 17th century, with later alterations in the late 18th century. The farmhouse consists of two separate builds linked together. It is constructed of limestone with ironstone bands, with asbestos slate roofs, coped gables, and stone end stacks with brick shafts.

The front block is two storeys plus an attic, with a two-window front. It has small-paned casement windows, three-light to the ground floor with ironstone lintels and flush keystones, and wooden lintels to the first floor. There are single-light attic windows in each gable end; the one on the right is probably an original gudgeon-hung leaded casement. The rear block originally had one storey and an attic, but the roof was raised to create two storeys. It has a board door, a three-light casement window to the left, and a single-light window to the right, all with wooden lintels. There are also two three-light casement windows to the first floor. A short section with a lean-to roof connects the two main blocks, and contains a panelled and part-glazed door with an overlight and a pentice hood, and a two-light small-paned casement window above, all with a wooden lintel. A one-storey addition is attached to the left side of the rear block.

The interior is remarkably complete. The front block has an inglenook fireplace with a salt cupboard in the ground floor left-hand room, chamfered beams, a raised cruck roof construction (with carpenter’s marks), and plasterwork in the attic. A chimney breast bears inscriptions of initials, one of which is dated 1778. The linking range contains a staircase with straight flights, square newels, a closed string, and turned balusters. The rear block features a raised cruck roof construction, a service stair, chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and a bressumer to the inglenook fireplace in the left-hand room, and a section of probably 18th-century pantries with original board doors, lath ventilators, and interior fittings. There are two-panel doors and a number of probably 18th-century fitted cupboards throughout the house. A wall attached to the right side of the farmhouse is built of limestone and ironstone with pantile coping.