Acomb High House

Acomb High House is a late 17th-century house with a front block added in the early 19th century and further alterations around 1870. The front is constructed of tooled stone with raised tooled-and-margined quoins and dressings, while the rear is of coursed rubble with roughly-shaped quoins. The early 19th-century sections have Welsh slate roofs, the rear wing has stone slates, and brick stacks are present.

The front of the house is divided into two sections. The main part is two storeys high with four bays, featuring a plinth and sill bands. It has 12-pane sash windows and a 20th-century gabled porch in the third bay. Coped gables with end stacks complete the appearance. To the left is a lower section with two doorways in older surrounds, likely re-set. The doorway furthest to the left has a chamfered surround, a stepped lintel dated 1694 with the initials T A.

The rear elevation is two storeys high with a layout of three bays plus three bays. The taller left part has a central 6-panel door under a leaded latticed overlight within a raised alternating-block surround, now accessed through a 20th-century porch. Late 19th-century 2- and 3-light casement windows are also present. Coped gables with moulded kneelers and end stacks, rebuilt upon old bases, complete the rear elevation. The lower right part features similar window arrangements. A blocked chamfered light to the first floor is visible on the left return. The 20th-century porches are considered of little significance.