High House West

High House West is a house that was formerly a kitchen or brewhouse, originally detached from Sandhoe High House. It dates back to the 17th century and was altered in the 18th century. The building is constructed of coursed roughly-squared stone with cut quoins and dressings, topped with a graduated Lakeland slate roof.

The south elevation has two storeys and one bay. There is a renewed doorway on the left in a raised stone surround, and a 12-pane sash window with a 20th-century casement above, both set within architraves. The roof is hipped to the left and features a ridge stack. The gabled right return, which can be seen from the rear of Sandhoe High House, has ground and first-floor windows with 20th-century casements under round-arched heads that include radial glazing bars. These are also in raised stone surrounds with imposts and keystones.

Inside, there is a 17th-century fireplace with a segmental chamfered arch. A 20th-century pent outshut at the west end and an attached block to the northeast, both altered in the 20th century, are not considered of special interest. Detached kitchens are often mentioned in 16th and 17th-century documents, particularly in Newcastle, but very few examples have survived.