South End Farmhouse And Attached Farm Buildings

South End Farmhouse and attached farm buildings date largely to the 18th century, though the farmhouse has earlier origins, evidenced by a date plaque of 1764. The buildings are constructed of cement-rendered, cobble rubble, and have Welsh slate and graduated slate roofs, with corrugated asbestos on some farm buildings.

The farmhouse is two storeys with three windows to the first floor, with a barn extending at a right angle to the rear left, and a longer two-storey farm building completing a U-shaped arrangement. A part-glazed door to the right of centre is set within an ashlar architrave with cornice on consoles, flanked by tall 20th-century casement windows on each floor. The left-hand side of the farmhouse has two segmentally-arched ground-floor windows, one of which possibly replaces a former doorway, with a 20th-century casement above. Stone gutter brackets are present, along with an end stack on the right and two ridge stacks. The left end of the roof is hipped where it meets the barn to the rear. Rear outshuts are under a catslide roof.

The barn has boarded double doors under a wooden lintel and a slated canopy. A lean-to is attached to the right, featuring pigeon holes in the main wall, and a stone stair rises against the side of the attached farm building. The altered farm building across the north side of the yard has large ground-floor openings, a row of projecting throughs, and a segmentally-arched taking-in door to the first floor on the right.

The interior reveals evidence of an early build, enlarged in 1746, with a principal stack and winder stair grouped together, suggesting an original longhouse configuration. A staircase features stick pilasters and a ramped handrail, and the doors are of 2, 4, and 6-panel design. The roof structure is supported by 18th-century king post struts. The barn contains early 18th-century principal-rafter trusses. The farmbuilding across the north side of the yard is included for group value only, and a farmbuilding projecting from the front left of the house is considered of no special interest.