Dunn'S Farmhouse

Dunn's Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that was reroofed in the 18th century. It underwent restoration in the 1980s after being altered in 1961. The building is constructed of red sandstone random rubble and features a slate roof with boxed eaves and external stone stacks at the gable ends, including a stone stack to the left of the cross passage. The layout is U-shaped, consisting of three cells and a cross passage, with a blocked rear entrance and a former dairy opening out of the kitchen.

The farmhouse has two storeys and is arranged in a 2:1 bay configuration. The wall beside the entrance breaks forward and appears to have been partly rebuilt. On the first floor, there are two 3-light 18th-century leaded wooden casements, one of which has a fine decorative catch, along with a 20th-century leaded wooden casement to the right. The ground floor features an 18th-century window to the left, a 20th-century window flanking the entrance, and a 19th-century plank door with decorative hinges.

The right return gable end is set on living rock and has a renewed tiny wooden lancet window to the left of the stack, while the original lancet window is to the right in the full-height projection of the curing chamber. Inside, the large curing chamber remains intact, and a bread oven that was inserted later has since been removed. The kitchen fireplace has a chamfered bressumer with a cambered head above a former winder stair lit by a lancet window. Central lateral beams are present in all ground floor rooms, with the kitchen beams renewed. The cross passage partition has been removed, and there is a good moulded beam in the hall with scroll stops, along with a chamfered lintel over the fireplace and a 20th-century grate in the inner room. The joists are moulded, and the balusters from an early 18th-century stair have been reset in a new stair in the wing. In the bedroom, there is a bolection-moulded chimney piece with a decorative basket grate from the 1860s, along with collar and principal roof structures. Overall, Dunn's Farmhouse is an interesting and carefully restored farmhouse.