Sweetbit

Architect presumably Walter Newall, circa 1830; minor

alterations circa 1853. Single storey and attic, 3-bay

farmhouse at south end of courtyard steading. All

rubble-built with ashlar dressings. Whitewashed.

House: gabled central porch a~d bargeboarded canted dormers

added to south elevation in mid 19th century; sash windows

(mostly 12-pane glazing at ground); straight skews; coped end

stacks.

Steading: (entered from south west corner) asymmetrical

recessed ranges flank house, that to west with 3-bay cartshed

to courtyard; tall north range with barn, some boarded and

glazed openings; roof swept over lean-to in west re-entrant

angle; east and west ranges are plainer. Detached L-plan

range to west with roof partly half-slated.

All roofed with graded slates; steading roofs mostly piended,

with some roof lights and louvered ventilators. Courtyard

partly cobbled.