Lower House Farmhouse

Lower House Farmhouse is a farmhouse, likely dating back to around 1600, with later alterations and additions. The front of the house is rendered on the ground floor up to a decorative band, above which the walls are pebbledashed. It has roofs covered in Welsh slate. The different roof shapes clearly distinguish the various parts of the building, although the original stone structure is largely hidden. The main elevation features a central doorway, located within the end bay of the older section, with a plain, part-glazed door and an elliptical head. To the left of the door are two casement windows, each with 2 panes over 2, and a second casement window with 3 panes over 3, both with elliptical heads. These windows are repeated on the right-hand side, with the smaller window positioned on the right. The upper floor has three 2-light casement windows, one above each of the ground-floor windows described, and one above the doorway. The left-hand gable has a 2-light casement window on the upper floor, and the right-hand gable has a sash window with 2 panes over 2. The rear elevation was not visible, and the rear bakehouse wing has a plain door, a brick chimney, a slate roof on the east side, and an asbestos slate roof on the rear.

The interior, partially inspected in September 2000, is difficult to interpret. The original core of the house may have been a two-unit, end-entry house constructed around 1600, with a blocked entrance hidden in the west gable. The current entrance leads into a stair compartment, which contains a straight flight of 19th-century stairs with turned balusters, introduced into what was originally a small room or pantry. The parlour has oak panelling on the wall facing the fireplace, believed to be 18th century, but incorporating a 1930s tiled fireplace, suggesting some of the panelling is from that period. The overmantel, featuring a dentil cornice, and the flanking doors leading to the supposed entrance and fire escape are also 18th century; the left-hand door has a pierced panel above for a ventilated cupboard. The ceilings feature chamfered cross beams with ogee stops. The kitchen has a plain beamed ceiling and a later fireplace. The upper floor and roof were not seen, and the roof structures are believed to be original, with the possibility of upper crucks in the older section based on the roof angle.