Amberd Farmhouse

Amberd Farmhouse is likely of late medieval origin, with a ceiled 16th and 17th century lean-to addition to the east gable. The farmhouse has been altered internally and the windows replaced in the mid-to-late 20th century. It is constructed of roughcast over rubble and cob, with a thatched roof, hipped to the right, and a roughcast stack. A similar stack is present at the left gable end.

The original plan may have been an open hall house, although later alterations make this difficult to determine. The current layout suggests a three-cell plan with a cross passage, with a stair turret opening from the lower end room (west). There is a single cell addition to the east gable end.

The farmhouse is one and a half storeys high and has four bays. The front features two 3-light eyebrow dormer casements flanking a small window above the original entrance. A further C20 window sits below the eaves to the right. On the ground floor, there is a 4-light window to the left of the entrance, and a 3-light window to the right. A C20 inserted door stands to the right of the window with a C20 window beyond. The left return gable end features a small lancet window, which gives access to the remains of a curing chamber, now containing a bread oven.

Inside, the lower end, originally the kitchen, has a chamfered lintel to the fireplace with the initials AHB inscribed. A timber-framed partition sits on the rear wall of the winder stair turret, with a further timber-framed partition defining the cross passage. Axial beams are chamfered with scroll stops. A winder stair was located to the right of the fireplace and an empty bay on the other side now serves as a passage to a small room behind the stack. This room has lateral chamfered beams. The roof is supported by jointed cruck trusses, with a framed partition on the upper floor.