Longfaugh

Longfaugh is a farmhouse dating to the later 18th century, with a later two-bay extension. It is a two-storey, five-bay rectangular building. The exterior is of harled and painted rubble with a skew gabled design, featuring pyramidal finials on the skewputts, painted ashlar margins, and a stone eaves course.

The west principal elevation has five bays with regular window placement. A harled brick, lean-to porch with a panelled door and rectangular fanlight is located in the second bay from the right on the ground floor; a bipartite window is to the right of the porch. The other windows are two-pane, all with painted margins. A harled chimney stack with four plain cans is situated between the second and third bays, with a vertical dividing margin indicating the extension.

The north elevation adjoins a smaller cottage, and has a blind gable, eaves course, and a harled chimney stack with four plain cans. The south elevation is symmetrical across two bays, with the left bays being blind, an eaves course, a blind gable head, and a chimney stack with four plain cans.

The rear (east) elevation is largely obscured by modern extensions of varying heights, including lean-to and flat-roofed sections. The fenestration is asymmetrical, but retains plain stone skews, pyramidal finials on skewputts, and an eaves course.

Most windows on the front elevation are replacements, using two-pane timber sash and case style. Rear windows are four-pane timber sash and case. The interior was not inspected in 2000.

The farmhouse was originally called Longsaugh, with the ‘f’ appearing later due to printing errors. The name relates to the nearby Saughland Farm, which may have previously been connected. It began as a three-bay farmhouse, later extended with a two-bay addition. The original entrance door remains, now covered by a later porch. Longfaugh is accompanied by a smaller, harled house and a larger barn. It represents a good example of its type. A map from 1773 by Andrew and Mostyn Armstrong depicts Longfaugh Farm House.