Castle Farmhouse

Castle Farmhouse, originally part of the Castle Inn coaching inn, dates to the early 18th century, incorporating an earlier core. A mid-18th century extension was added to the rear, and the roof was re-covered in 1863.

The house is built of squared stone, approximately 36 inches thick on the front wall at ground and first floor levels, with similarly thick walling on the right gable end. It has a Welsh slate roof and renewed brick chimneys. The rear extension is constructed of mid-18th century brick in an irregular bond.

The building is two and a half storeys high, with five bays. A central six-panel door is set within a chamfered raised stone surround topped with a stone cornice hood supported by later stone brackets. The windows are sash windows; those on the ground floor are within raised stone surrounds, while those above are set in architraves. The building has a concave cornice. The roof is gabled, and the roof shape is influenced by the adjacent Castle Inn. Gablets above the central bay are dated 1863 and feature the Ravensworth crest.

At the rear are small, blocked windows, likely dating to the 17th century. A single-storey, one-bay addition with a pantiled roof and tumbled-in brickwork in the gable projects from the rear.

The interior features an early 18th century staircase with turned balusters, a ramped, wreathed handrail, and numerous two-panel doors.