Challoch

Challoch is a mid-19th century farmhouse accompanied by a large, well-designed courtyard of farm buildings. The farmhouse is a two-storey, asymmetrical structure built from coursed rubble, featuring polished sandstone at the angles and window margins, as well as a moulded string course. It is L-shaped, with the main facade facing southeast and a long one-and-a-half storey section that serves both domestic and agricultural purposes to the northwest.

The southeast elevation consists of three bays, with a prominently projecting gabled left bay that includes bipartite windows on both the ground and first floors. The central bay features a doorway set within a two-storey casellated porch located in the re-entrant angles, with a panelled door topped by a three-light fanlight. To the right, there is a tripartite window on the ground floor and a gablet-headed bipartite window on the first floor. All windows are fitted with stone mullions and transoms, and they are all sash and case with small-pane glazing. The eaves are deeply overhanging and supported by timber brackets, while the gabled bay has decorative bargeboards. The chimney stacks are tall, corniced, and arranged in groups.

The one-and-a-half storey northwest range may be of an earlier date and includes a southern part that is domestic with dormers in the attic storey. This range features some modern glazing and doors within its original openings. It is constructed from rubble with squared granite margins and has slate roofs with overhanging eaves and decorative bargeboards.

The courtyard is surrounded by four detached single-storey farm buildings, now featuring a large modern cattle court in the center. These buildings are also made of rubble with squared granite margins and quoins, and they have sandstone skews and ridges along with well-graded slate roofs. The northern and western ranges likely serve as loose byres, while the eastern range contains stables with cartsheds at its southern end, which includes four cart arches and a hay loft above. The southern range consists of six loose boxes, possibly intended for calves or bulls, with a narrow central passage providing access from the courtyard to a large barn that has undergone significant alterations. The southwest gable features a four-pane sash and case window on the outer left and a bipartite window on the first floor. The northeast gable has a tripartite window on the ground floor and a bipartite window on the first floor.