Low Row, The Southern Of The Two Former Houses

This building, known as Low Row, is the southern of two former houses. It dates from the late 17th century and was likely altered in the second quarter of the 18th century. Constructed from rubble with stone dressings, it features a stone slate roof and stands three storeys high with two wide bays.

The front has an off-centre inserted doorway with an overlight, situated between two former 2-light chamfered mullioned windows, which are now blocked. On the first floor, there is a 3-light chamfered mullioned window with old iron bars, along with a single-light window in a chamfered surround. The second floor contains two single-light windows in chamfered surrounds. The 3-light window and the second-floor windows have horizontally-tooled dressings.

The left side of the building displays a central ground floor door with a chamfered surround, featuring corbels above that supported a former projecting stack. The rear elevation has a central boarded door at first floor level with a chamfered surround, along with a chamfer-surround window to the left, both having horizontally-tooled dressings. There is also an inserted door to the right.

Inside, the original ground-floor doorway in the south wall now opens into an adjacent barn and has a chamfered surround with a drawbar tunnel. The first floor features stone flags supported by transverse beams and includes 18th-century fireplaces against the end walls.

The house displays some bastle-like characteristics, although its walls are relatively thin compared to similar structures like Bunkershill and Windy Hall near Alston. The large ground-floor windows suggest that it may have originally served a function beyond that of a byre.