Village Farmhouse

This is a farmhouse, built in the 17th century and altered in the 18th century using local rubblestone, which has been rendered and painted. It has a Welsh slate roof and stone chimneys. The main part of the house is a two-story, three-unit block, running in a single depth, with a gabled stair block projecting to the rear and offset to one side, linked to a cross-range.

The front has three windows, with stone cills to small-pane sash windows which are generally “horned.” The ground-floor window on the left is larger, with 4 over 8 panes, while the three first-floor windows have 3 over 6 panes. A later gabled porch has been added to the main entrance, which is offset to the right, and opens onto a skewed cross-passage. The doorway is of dressed stone, featuring a 4-centred chamfered arch with diagonal stops, and a boarded stable-type door. The east gable end has been whitewashed. A projecting chimney stack is located at the west end, and behind it is a single-window cross-range, which is limewashed and has a battered buttress to the corner and a stone chimney stack on the gable. There was formerly an attached bakehouse, and at the time of listing in 1993, a boarded loft door and blocked doorway were visible on the gable end; these are now gone. An ovolo-mullioned window was once recorded on the east side of the cross range, but the current 2-light window has a hollow-chamfer mullion, and the Tudor dripmould has been broken off. The gabled stair tower has a lower ridge and a blocked window on the north side; it also has a timber-framed window with iron cames. A lean-to hood is attached over the rear porch and has a Tudor-style doorway ornamented with broach stops. A low, modern cross-range is attached to the left.

The main elevation is fronted by a rubble-walled forecourt with a stile. The various phases of building have resulted in a complex plan, especially concerning the position of the stairs. The main fireplace has a bressumer with straight-cut stops, and the cross-passage backs onto a chimney. The front and rear doors are not directly opposite each other, creating the skewed cross-passage, and they have differing contemporary stops. Previously, it was noted that high up on the north wall of the hall were stones thought to be from a blocked carriage arch, with corresponding springers on the front wall, though this is now considered more likely to be relieving arches. The staircase has been replaced with timber, and the cross range contains the remains of a stone spiral staircase, alongside visible evidence of the doorway into the demolished bakehouse. The roof structure has been altered to a principal rafter type, and some modern beamed ceilings are present.