Newhouse Farmhouse

Newhouse Farmhouse is a large, complex farmhouse, originally dating back to around 1600, with significant additions and alterations in the 17th and 20th centuries. The farmhouse is constructed of rubble stone, with a 20th-century tiled roof, a brick ridge stack at the south end of the parlour block, a projecting stone stack to the west gable of the original 1600s house, and a painted stone lateral chimney to the front of the south wing. Windows are largely 20th-century replacements, designed to imitate older styles with sunk chamfer and ovolo mullions.

The south front presents a combination of the south wing, the projecting east gable of the original house, and the north parlour block. The east gable is two storeys and an attic, featuring a 2-light mullion window in the gable head, a 4-light mullion window on the first floor, a small single light window to the right, and a slightly taller 4-light mullion window on the ground floor; all with angled dripstones and stone sills. The parlour block to the right is three storeys high, with two small stair windows on the left face. A 4+4 pane casement window is in the attic, a 4-light mullion on the first floor and a boarded door on the ground floor. The west gable of the original house features a projecting stack. To the right of the stack, the west gable first floor has a 3-light mullion window, and the ground floor a 6-pane horned sash window. To the left of the stack, the first floor has a 3-light mullion window with an entrance doorway on the ground floor. The parlour block is set back to the left and notably includes a 3-light mullion window on the second floor and a 17th-century ovolo moulded mullion on the first floor. The south wing has 20th-century sash windows and doors set within cambered stone arches with stone voussoirs.

Entry from the west gable leads into the service end of the original 1600s house, now the kitchen. Beyond is the hall, separated by a 20th-century partition. The original post and panel partition has been removed, but its former position is indicated on the head-beam, with peg-holes suggesting it had wide panels and doorways at each end. The ceiling beams are chamfered with hollow and fillet (Wern-hir) stops, and the joists have angle bead. A chamfered wooden doorframe is present at the north wall cellar doorway. The hall features chamfered beams with truncated broach stops and a plaster ceiling with a reed moulded cornice. A large fireplace with monolithic head and jambs and hollow chamfering is a key feature; a fireplace cupboard to the right has a panelled door, and the fireplace stair has a shouldered arch and a plank door with 'trident' hinges. A wide, winding staircase has unusual reed moulding on the risers; the stair between the first floor and attic is 17th century, while the ground-to-first floor section is a 20th-century copy. The first floor of the original house includes chamfered ceiling beams with diagonal and broach stops and a large fireplace, hollow chamfered with diagonal stops. The attic has framed trusses with tenoned collars and three tiers of trenched purlins. The parlour block is accessed via the fireplace stair. The first floor doorway boasts an unusual shaped head - scrolled sides with a stepped head and pendant knob – within an ovolo moulded surround with unusual flat and scroll stops. Ovolo moulded ceiling beams have similar stops. Ceiling and window reveals are ornamented with reed moulded plasterwork. The fireplace has chamfered stone jambs with scroll stops, and an ovolo moulded lintel. The second floor of the parlour block mirrors the first, and also contains a good and finely decorated late 18th-century Forest pattern ('duck's nest') cast iron hob grate.