Lismaine House

Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, c.1875, on a T-shaped plan possibly incorporating fabric of earlier house, pre-1840, on site with single-bay two-storey lower return to south. Hipped slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted roughcast walls with rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and two-over-two timber sash windows. Round-headed door opening with cut-limestone block-and-start surround having voussoirs, and glazed timber panelled door having fanlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds. (ii) Detached six-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1875, to south. Pitched and hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted roughcast lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and remains of timber casement windows. Square-headed door openings with remains of timber boarded doors. (iii) Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding with half-attic, c.1875, about a courtyard. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble limestone walls with traces of unpainted render over. Square-headed window openings with no sills, and no fittings surviving. Square-headed door openings with no fittings surviving. (iv) Detached four-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1875, about a courtyard with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay to left. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble limestone walls with remains of unpainted render over. Square-headed door openings with timber lintels, and timber doors. (v) Freestanding cast-iron waterpump, c.1875, to courtyard comprising banded cylindrical shaft with moulded necking supporting cylindrical head having spout (collecting into cut-stone trough), curvilinear 'cow tail' handle having open finial, and capping now missing. Now disused.

A middle-size farmhouse of unassuming architectural pretensions forming the centrepiece of a modest-scale agricultural complex making a pleasing impression in a rural setting. Centred on an appealing Classically-detailed doorway the house has been very well maintained to present an early aspect with most of the original fabric surviving in place both to the exterior and to the interior. Having been similarly well maintained a collection of attendant outbuildings of comparatively rustic quality enhances the character of the group and setting values of the site.