Plaster repairs reveal more information...

There was some damaged lime plaster to bed 1 (caused by water ingress over the years) and so this was to be removed and re-plastered in traditional lime, using horse hair to aid strength to scratch coat.
In April when the plaster was removed from the east gable wall in first floor bedroom, this revealed timbers set within the gable wall (see photos) and these look like they could have been old ceiling timbers, before the ceilings in the two main bedrooms were raised to give a better head height.
See also the bottom photos, showing details of masonry and timbers above the fireplace to main living room chimney breast.

First floor Bed #1 old water damage to plaster

Bed #1 damaged plaster

April 2016 old lime plaster removed, see some plaster is darker to centre and left, lime plaster is lighter to RHS, not sure if this is the aged effect of water ingress?

See RHS mortar appears lighter

See a line of timbers, a wall plate, joist ends and boards above (could be old floor boards), joists in place now are the higher ceiling level.

Plaster removed to hallway reveals an old timber (looking as dusty as the stonework) but with giveaway axe marks.

Main living room fireplace chimney breast exposed, see corbel detail above and many timbers near the top.

Corbel and timbers near top

The other chimney breast in the (new) dining room, again various masonry sizes to bricks.

Internal details including the bed cupboard

There are many little details of historic and conversational interest and these all add up to make the property grade 2* listed. See below some photos highlighting details and also asking questions;
One interesting aspect to come out of this, is the question of how to treat the bed cupboard, (see a few images down the page) especially as on first look it appears tired and unkept, but is basically the old limewash patina effect. 
Conservation principals say minimal intervention, as much as necessary, as little as possible. Any works must be reversible. We would look as seek advice from conservators, curator and archaeologists, but they may or may not all agree the same outcome. The bed cupboard has lime-washed lime plaster and timber panel finishes, so we agreed to leave the timber as it is so it becomes a record and just lime wash the plastered areas.
As this will be a tenanted property we also added an out set of double doors to provide security for this unique feature within a Cumbria farmhouse and the doors can still be opened for viewing as required. 

See the tree, too close to the building so it had to go

Roof truss in attic, see the horizontal grove, any ideas?

Attic floor, see the raised section, this it seems is to give more headroom to the main bedrooms beneath

Attic west gable, see the old remains of the fire hood 

Living room fireplace, see the old stone surrounds still in place indicating a grander fireplace, also the stone lintel is only about 90mm deep and hides an old brick curved arch lintel.

View into the bed cupboard, the beam at head height probably was part of a partition, doors to the right leading to a living room with a fireplace.

Inside the bed cupboard (brick and slate sconce is a later addition) corner oak posts in place

Bed support in place and you can see the ends of the old ropes now cut off set into the beam, the ropes would have been used to form a lattice bed base, hence the term 'sleep tight' could refer to pulling the bed ropes tight.

Slate scones within the utility room and see the stone flagged floor

Spice cupboard door dated and initials of the owners 

Inside the 1704 cupboard there is patterned wall paper (yet to be analysed)  see to the left and bottom the remains of an old window frame, indicating an external wall. 
See photo below showing some wall paper on back wall of the 1704 cupboard.

An further spice cupboard in the same room as the one above but no date.

Nice old hinge

Once the wall was stripped, old timbers were revealed, possibly the back to a seat?

Inside the cupboard, note the original blue decoration.