Primrosehill Farmhouse

Primrosehill Farmhouse

Possibly late 18th century in part, with 19th century and later additions and alterations. The building comprises a 2-storey, 3-bay farmhouse in plain classical style with a rectangular plan, adjoining an earlier 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan range at the rear. Further structures include a single storey block with attic (rectangular plan) recessed to the left, and a single storey piended block recessed to the right. A single storey ancillary structure stands to the west.

Construction is predominantly harl-pointed sandstone rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings. The front main block and part of the lower range to the outer left are harled. The earlier blocks have tooled rubble quoins, with tooled long and short surrounds to openings (droved sandstone margins to the entrance block). Projecting cills run throughout.

Southwest (Entrance) Elevation: The main 3-bay block is offset to the right, stepped to meet a timber panelled door at ground level in the left bay, which has a rectilinear-patterned fanlight and corniced doorpiece. A single window is aligned at first floor. Single windows appear at both floors in the two remaining bays to the right. A single storey piended block recessed to the outer right has a blocked opening offset to the left of centre. A 2-storey bay recessed to the left of the main block contains a single window at ground and a timber-mullioned bipartite window at first floor. A single storey range with attic, recessed to the outer left, has three bays: a single window centred at ground, square-headed doors at ground in the outer left and right bays, and a single window at upper floor in the outer left bay.

Southeast (Side) Elevation: A full-height gabled block advanced to the outer left has a single window centred at first floor. A full-height gabled block recessed to the right has a single storey piended projection at ground.

Northeast (Rear) Elevation: A 4-bay block at centre (3-bay at first floor) contains single windows in all bays at ground and a single window centred at first floor; timber-mullioned bipartite windows occupy the flanking bays. A single storey range with attic adjoins to the outer right, featuring irregularly-spaced single windows in all bays at ground, a gabled bipartite window breaking the eaves offset to the left of centre, and a gabled single window breaking the eaves offset to the right. A modern garage door appears in a single storey piended block adjoined to the outer left.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing is used in timber sash and case windows throughout. Grey slate roofs with stone-coped skews are topped by corniced sandstone apex stacks to the front (cans missing) and corniced brick-built apex stacks at the rear (various circular cans). Cast-iron rainwater goods are fitted throughout.

The interior was not inspected in 1998.

Ancillary Structure: A single storey structure with attic, comprising two bays and set to the west of the house, serves as a structure and store. It is constructed of harl-pointed sandstone rubble with droved quoins and droved long and short surrounds to square-headed openings. The east (entrance) elevation has a boarded timber door in the left bay and a single window in the right bay, with a 2-leaf boarded timber door in a lean-to addition to the outer right. A 12-pane glazed timber sash and case window and small rooflight light the interior. A corrugated-iron roof with stone-coped skews and replacement rainwater goods cover the structure. The interior was not inspected in 1998.

Garden Walls: A near-rectangular garden to the northeast is enclosed by rubble-coped, harl-pointed rubble walls with boarded timber doors. A rubble barn encloses the side to the southeast. A single storey, harl-pointed rubble ancillary structure adjoins the outer elevation of the northwest wall, with small-pane glazing and a corrugated-iron roof. The interior was not inspected in 1998.

Boundary Walls and Gate: Rubble walls partially enclose the site. A spearheaded iron vehicular gate provides access to the main entrance from the road.