Old Cottage And Adjacent Ruin

Old Cottage and the adjacent ruin, previously listed as Newton Underwood Tower, consists of ruins that are probably medieval and a cottage from the 18th century. The cottage is built of squared stone and has a pantile roof. It features two low storeys and three bays, with an irregular layout. The right-of-centre vertical-panelled door is flanked by Yorkshire sash windows, although the one on the left has lost its carpentry, as have three small windows located directly beneath the eaves. There are brick end stacks. To the left, there is an outbuilding with a cart entrance and a door that has timber lintels. To the right, slightly set forward, is a ruined wall that is 2 meters thick, featuring a large semicircular arch made of roughly-shaped voussoirs. The left and right returns of the cottage and outbuilding display reverse-stepped gables. The rear elevation includes an outshut to the cottage, and to the left, there is a ruined wall made of large rectangular blocks.

The ruined structure, formerly known as the 'Old Walls', does not appear to have been a conventional tower house. Hodgson noted around 1800 that there were two similar arches adjoining on the east.