Low Butterby Farmhouse And Barn Adjoining At South-East

The farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings, and a linked barn, with some domestic additions, largely date to the 17th and early 18th centuries, incorporating some late medieval masonry and 19th-century alterations. The buildings are constructed of squared, coursed rubble with purple slate roofs and rebuilt brick chimney stacks. They form a U-shaped group around a central yard: the farmhouse has an L-shaped plan with a rear wing, and the barn is set at right angles. The group is bounded on two sides by a walled moat (see separate listing).

The two-storey, three-bay farmhouse block, facing the garden, has 19th-century window openings and a steeply-pitched roof with end stacks. A battered abutment, with a stone-flagged top rising from the moat, is present on the right return, alongside two blocked attic windows and an old-brick flue. A two-storey, four-bay wing extends at right angles to the rear of the front block, with a lower two-storey, two-bay section attached to the right. The four-bay section mirrors the abutment and features blocked cross windows, late 20th-century casements in 18th-century first-floor openings, and a steeply-pitched roof with end stacks. The lower section has a fragmentary chamfered plinth, an offset joint, altered openings, and a roof that is hipped to the right. The yard side of the wing features a taller section with a chamfered Tudor-arched doorway behind a 20th-century porch, and a similar doorway in a lean-to addition to the lower section.

The two-storey, five-bay barn overlooks the moat, with squared quoins, a chamfered plinth, and probable medieval masonry in the lower courses. The first floor has been partly rebuilt and the roof replaced in the 19th century. A bridge across the moat leads to a central 17th-century Tudor-arched doorway with a faceted keystone. Flanking this doorway are blocked breathers, and two altered openings in the domestic section to the left. A stone gutter spout and a 19th-century opening are on the right. The roof has a coped right gable and is hipped to the left. The right return has a matching Tudor-arched doorway and a chamfered loading-door surround.

Inside the four-bay section of the wing is a closed-string, L-shaped staircase; the lower flight has had its balusters removed, while the upper flight rises between early 18th-century panelled walls. On the landing is a two-panel door and an eight-panel door in an architrave leading to a bedroom with early 18th-century panelling, dado rail, window shutters, a ceiling cornice, and two jib doors flanking the fireplace. Later 20th-century additions, made of textured concrete blocks, are present on the yard-facing wing and are not considered to be of historic interest. Low Butterby was historically part of an important medieval manor occupied by the Lumley and Chaytor families.