Low Farmhouse 2 Farm Cottages And Adjoining Outbuildings

Low Farmhouse, two farm cottages, and adjoining outbuildings are located on the east side of Thornton Road. The farmhouse dates from the mid to late 17th century and was altered around 1800. The early to mid-18th century farm cottages, along with a byre and stable on either side, have mid-19th century extensions. The farmhouse and cottages have been combined into one residence. The buildings are constructed of brick in English garden wall bond, with sandstone dressings. The rear and left side of the farmhouse are rendered. The roofs are covered with Welsh slate and feature stone gable copings, shaped kneelers, and rebuilt brick end stacks with stone dogtooth-moulded caps. The cottages and outbuildings have clay pantiles.

The structure is two storeys high and has three bays defined by narrow pilaster strips rising from a hollow-chamfered plinth. The central entrance features a Victorian six-panel door with an overlight. Most openings have been enlarged, with surrounds added around 1800, including architraves under a bolection-moulded frieze and pediments. The middle bay has a semicircular pediment, while the end bays have segmental pediments with scrolls on the first floor. Traces of original hoodmoulds can be seen flanking the window heads, and there are early 20th-century casements. The steeply-pitched roof has three small skylights.

To the left, there is a two-storey, one-window cottage accessed from the rear, featuring a horizontal sash window with glazing bars on the ground floor and a fixed-light window on the first floor. The lower one-storey byre to the left has chevron-pattern breathers next to a blocked door, and there is a lower left extension. The right side has a one-storey, two-window cottage with horizontal sash windows in altered openings. There is also a slightly lower stable and cart shed to the right. The rear of the farmhouse reveals a central staircase wing and horizontal sash windows with glazing bars.

Inside, there is an early 19th-century dogleg staircase with stick balusters, turned newels, a moulded handrail, and shaped tread ends, along with a moulded handrail on the wall. The ground floor features panelled doors in wood architraves. The farm outbuildings to the east of the farmhouse are not of special interest. The architraves and pediments may have been reused from the 17th-century Thornton Hall, which was demolished around 1800.