Thorne

Thorne is a two-storey, three-unit house built from coursed rubble masonry. The older section includes a kitchen at the east, a hall, and a parlour. The hall and part of the parlour are believed to be the oldest parts of the building, while the cross-wall to the east of the hall is not as ancient. The south side features two large buttresses, and there are opposing lateral entrances to the kitchen, with the northern entrance having an equilateral pointed and chamfered arch. A very large chimney at the east end includes ovens and has sloping flanks with a pyramidal cap above a cornice band. All windows are made of 20th-century stained wood.

Until recent extensive renovations around 1990, the hall and parlour were used for farm storage. The hall was described as open to the roof and remains so, except for new stairs and a gallery. Although an upper floor once existed in this room, it was not part of the original design.

To the north, there is what is thought to be an outshut or a remnant of an earlier wall. This area combines the original stairs to the upper floor of the parlour unit, a lateral chimney in the hall, and a later porch providing access to the kitchen. The hall chimney in this outshut features a tall tapering square stack with weatherings to the cornice and an offset on its west side.

The cross-wall to the east of the hall includes a stone Tudor arch and a niche with an ogee head, indicating it is not as old as the other walls of the hall.

The hall roof was rebuilt around 1990 to mimic the original roof removed during renovations. This new roof includes a truss at the west end of the hall, featuring timbers that support two purlins and curve inwards at the base, resembling crucks—a rare architectural feature known in Pembrokeshire, southwest Devon, and Cornwall. The timbers rest on corbels that may not be original, positioned about 0.5 meters below the current south wallplate. The principals of the hall roof have lap-jointed collar beams, and photographs of the original timbers suggest that these details have been accurately replicated.