Newton Farmhouse, Millerhill

This is a late 18th century farmhouse, built in a plain classical style. It is a two-storey, three-bay square building, with a single-storey extension built into the rear. The exterior is harled (roughcast) with painted stone margins. There’s a decorative blocking course and cornice.

The main, or south-west, elevation features a central doorway with painted surrounds and a projecting rectangular pediment above, which holds a cast-iron coach light. Flanking the doorway are rectangular windows with painted margins, and three symmetrically placed windows on the first floor. There is an eaves course, a projecting architraved cornice, and a low stone parapet above, with a projecting rectangular pediment at the centre.

The north-west elevation has a small square window with four panes on the ground floor, along with downpipes to the left. There is a larger bay to each storey on the right side. A cornice runs along the eaves. A harled chimney rises from the wallhead, featuring a projecting base course and neck course, and four shaped cans with ventilation caps. A lean-to adjoins the ground floor to the left, with a four-pane glazed door in the re-entrant angle, some glazing above, and a blind wall to the left return, eventually meeting the rear block.

The north-east, or rear, elevation has a single-storey extension integrated with the ground floor of the main house. The rear wall is blind, with a central chimney rising from it, featuring a sloping base, a tall stack with a neck cope, and a single terracotta can. There are two windows to the left and one in the centre, with a door to the right on the right return. On the left return there are a pair of windows. A tank structure sits between. A window is centrally placed, and another to the ground floor right on the main house’s first floor. A lean-to extends from the right wall of the house, with a squared, pavilion-shaped end, a single window on the right return, and an entrance on the north-west elevation. A modern car port connects the rear extension to the lean-to.

The south-east elevation features a single-storey, flat-roofed glazed structure to the left and center, with a window to the right at ground floor. A window is also present on the first floor to the right. A cornice runs along the eaves. A harled chimney rises from the wallhead, with a projecting base course and necking course, and four shaped cans with ventilation finials.

The original windows were 12-pane sash and case, but have now been replaced with PVCu double-glazed windows featuring sandwiched astragals. The main house has a piended (hipped) and platformed slate roof with zinc ridging; the rear extension has a piended roof, and the lean-to has corrugated metal sheet roofing. The rainwater goods are painted white.

The interior was not inspected in 2000.