Crowlum

Crowlum is a three-window lobby-entrance house dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of whitewashed random stone under a slate roof with tile cresting, and has rendered stone stacks to the left of centre and at the left end. A butt joint indicates that the left-hand section was added later. A gabled timber porch with a slate roof is situated to the left of centre, the sides weather-boarded with three pointed arches above, containing a small-pane window to the centre and trellis work. The porch has double-panelled, half-glazed doors with margin glazing, and a gable with straight and curved timber struts. The windows are plain-glazed wooden casements with transoms and a row of small panes above; they are two-light to the left of the porch and far right, and three-light to the right of the porch. Gabled half-dormers are aligned above the windows, with decorative barge boards and diagonal struts, containing matching windows. A high, battered plinth is present on the rear elevation, where a small two-light casement window with small panes is located to the left. To the right is a 20th-century single-light window, above which is a small two-light small-pane casement. There is a skylight towards the centre of the roof pitch and a narrow, single-storey stone range of the late 20th century projects from the west gable end and front elevation, featuring wooden boarded doors and casement windows.

An adjoining farm range is located to the east, with a lower roofline. The walls of the farm range are of whitewashed rubble stone below and renewed weather-boarding above, all under a slate roof. It features split doors to centre and right, large double-planked doors to the left, a planked loft hatch to the right of centre, and two skylights to the roof pitch. The rear elevation of the farm range consists of random stone, with a central catslide lean-to containing a small single light. There is a planked door to the right of the elevation and a skylight to the roof pitch. To the east gable is a planked loft hatch.

The hall is located to the right of the lobby-entrance, which contains a fireplace with a large cambered timber lintel, and a ceiling with two shallow-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and plain joists. Opposite the fireplace is a box-panelled partition with two doorways leading to the inner rooms, which are themselves divided by a box-panelled partition with wattle infill. The larger front room was the parlour, with a dairy to the rear. A 20th-century timber staircase is located to the right of the fireplace, in the approximate location of the original staircase. The outer room to the left of the lobby-entrance is slightly later and has one spine beam, possibly replaced, and plain joists to the ceiling. It contains a small fireplace with a timber lintel. Boarded doors are found throughout the building. Upstairs, partitions are box-framed, and tie-beam trusses are visible.