Red Hall Farmhouse And Farm Cottage

Red Hall Farmhouse and Farm Cottage is an 18th-century farmhouse, subdivided into a house and cottage in 1974. It is located on Guisborough Road, Lockwood.

The building is constructed of squared sandstone with herringbone tooling. The roof is now covered with concrete tiles imitating pantiles. Stone stacks with cornices are present, and most windows are modern uPVC casements, although replacement sash windows were documented at the time of listing in 1986.

The original plan follows a hearth cross passage layout, comprising three bays and two storeys. The 1974 subdivision separated the eastern bay from the cross passage to create a single-bay cottage, accessed via a single-storey lean-to on the east gable.

The building’s form and lintel style suggest a mid-18th century date, though a later 18th century origin remains possible. It appears on the 1856 Ordnance Survey map, and changes to associated farm buildings north of the farmhouse by 1895 likely reflect investment by the Skelton Estate in 1884. The name "Red Hall" may indicate an early use of red pantiles instead of thatch.

The front of the building features keystoned lintels popular between the 1750s and 1780s above all openings, including the front door and the lean-to window. A ground floor window east of the entrance has been widened, retaining its original lintel. The six-panel front door, with scalloped rails, is sheltered by a late 19th-century timber porch. The lean-to has a 4/4 horizontal sliding sash window. The gables are raised and coped, without kneelers, and the building has end stacks and a central ridge stack west of the cross passage. The east gable has a centrally placed attic opening with a plain lintel and a boarded door, while the lean-to has a modern casement window and raised roof coping. Rear window openings have been altered with replacement lintels, and doors are modern. A blocked first-floor doorway in the east bay suggests it may have been used as a granary, and a small lean-to, possibly a former toilet, is located on the west side. The west gable has inserted picture windows on both the ground floor and attic levels.

Internally, only the cottage was inspected. It has been refurbished, including the insertion of a staircase, and features a roof structure of sawn softwood with pegged purlins. The house still retains window shutters to two ground floor windows.

Red Hall Farmhouse and Farm Cottage is designated at Grade II for its status as a good example of an 18th-century vernacular farmhouse with a hearth passage plan, and for retaining key features like the characteristic keystone lintels despite later alterations.