Howley Farmhouse

Howley Farmhouse is a farmhouse that possibly dates back to the 16th century, was ceiled in the 17th century, and had its windows altered in the early 19th century. It is constructed of random rubble local stone, with roughcast on the flanks, a rendered west end, and a thatched roof. The building features a brick stack on the left gable end and a stone stack at the center right, along with an external roughcast stack on the north gable end of the wing, which has a rebuilt brick top.

The farmhouse has an open hall house plan facing north, which has been divided into two cells with a cross passage, and an 'L'-shaped addition at the west end. It is two storeys high with a façade of 2:1:1 bays, where the eaves line rises over the central bay. Most of the windows are early 19th-century leaded iron casements, including a 2-light window above the entrance, a 4-light window to the right, and a 3-light window in the gable end of the wing. The ground floor features a 2-light window on the left, a 5-panel door with a gabled porch, and a 4-light window to the right under a wooden lintel with a course of brickwork below. There is a blocked doorway at the re-entrant angle of the wing, with a blocked opening above and a 3-light leaded iron casement window on the ground floor to the right. The gable end is unlit, and there is a 20th-century greenhouse in the west re-entrant angle, with an entrance to the kitchen on the right and another window beyond.

The interior is partially visible. It includes a through passage with a very steep wooden winder stair rising to the left beside the entrance, with a shouldered doorframe adjoining a load-bearing wall. The east end room has a chamfered lintel over the gable end fireplace, and there is an empty bay in the southeast corner. To the right of the through passage is the former kitchen, which has a bacon curing chamber to the right of the fireplace, also with a chamfered lintel. A road beyond is unseen, and there is an inserted corridor linking to the present featureless kitchen. The upper storey has not been seen.