Site Record

A farmstead that consists of three buildings: the house, a possible former cart shed now a garage and a structure now a cowshed. The present house is a result of refashioning in the mid-20th century. The only indication for the survival of an earlier building is the existence of unusually thick walls at ground floor level only, suggesting a rising up of existing walls rather than a razing down and rebuilding when alterations took place in the 1950's. Four phases of construction are evident, though precise dating is impossible. The main eastern part of the house was probably the first building to be erected, though the granary 'wing' could be contemporaneous but is more likely to be of later date, the 1874 inscription on one of the purlins here, being a construction rather than a reroofing date. The parallel, rear part of the house, now storeyed and with a gable roof, was probably converted from a single storey rear outshot during the house alterations in the 1950's. The NW corner of the original outshot definitely butts and therefore post dates the wing, but seems to be earlier than the larder area which has been inserted between the 'wing' and the early house part. The possible former cart shed now a garage is a gable roofed structure a squarish rectangle in plan with an offset entrance at one end and a ventilation slot at the other. It is built of random locally quarried stone. The structure now a cowshed is rectangular i plan built of uncoursed local stone with a gable roof. The walls were probably raised when the present roof was fitted in the mid 20th century. The building was almost certainly a single storey structure. A modern block work garage has been constructed on the N side.

John Latham RCAHMW 29 January 2013 (from National Trust Vernacular Building Survey, 1988)