Farmhouse closes S end of extensive farmyard grouping.

Symmetrical late Georgian 2 storey and attic, 3 bay house with mildly Tudor detailing.

Long 2 storey whitewashed brick and slate farm range attached to rear with porch in angle. Possibly C18th.

(KAA 29/08/03)

Probably 18th century, the early Pydew farmhouse was superseded in the early 19th century by the present farmhouse, and it now serves as stabling and storage. Part of the adjacent north range of the present farmyard appears to have been a domestic outbuilding to this early house.

It is a structure of two bays constructed of axe-dressed uncoursed limestone, facing south, with slate roof. There are two end chimneys in similar stonework, and a slate roofed lean-to at the west gable also in similar stonework, which has been extended forwards to join the main west range of farmyard buildings corner to corner. The area of yard to the front of the house has been informally roofed with steelwork and galvanised sheeting.

The front elevation has a large opening to the left, now with an rolled steel joist lintel, and half walled up in blockwork. There is a door to the right, a hatch over the left bay which is now walled up, and a hatch over the right bay which is still open. At the rear are two loft openings, the splayed embrasures of which are still apparent.

The replacement farhouse is a two-storey, early C19 farmhouse constructed in local limestone, with ashlar stonework at the front and axe-dressed semi-coursed work at the sides and rear. It has a slate roof with a tile ridge, boxed eaves at front, slightly projecting verges and three roof-lights in the rear slope. The end chimneys each have four octagonal terracotta stacks with prominent cornices.

The front elevation is in 3 units; the centre unit is gabled, very slightly advanced and has decorative bargeboards and a finial. The central door is of four panels, semi-glazed, and has a simple overlight. The windows are sashes, now with plate glass, with Tudor style label moulds. A large sheet-roofed conservatory of lean-to form has been added against the rear of the left and centre units, within which there is a French window.

The rear elevation is also of 3 windows, mainly being 20-pane hornless sash windows in openings with chamfered reveals. The bottom left window is wider, of 3 lights, with mullions and transom, the opening apparently original.

There is a single-storey wing at north end of the east elevation, also in stone with slate roof, and a lean-to at the south end of the east elevation. A short garden wall with rubble coping and a boarded door is attached to the west gable.
(Source; Cadw listing database) S Fielding RCAHMW 14/10/2005