Brandwood Fold

A large farmhouse, dating to the 17th century, now divided into two dwellings. The house is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, and has a stone slate roof with two small ridge chimneys, one situated at the junction of the second and third bays, another at the left gable, and an external chimney stack at the left end. The layout is a U-shape with a through-passage and projecting crosswings. The roof extends over the crosswings, and a large rear outshut is situated beneath a catslide roof in the middle bay.

The front of the building, which faces the Fold to the south, features a moulded eaves cornice to the projecting wings that extends horizontally around the re-entrant walls of the central bay. The right wing includes a porch with a large Tudor-arched moulded doorway and a massive lintel, an inner studded door, and a later inserted door on the left wing. Each bay is characterised by double-chamfered stone-mullion windows on both floors, with hoodmoulds above the lower windows. The left wing windows have 6 and 5 lights; the central bay has a transomed window of 14 lights and a single window of 3 lights; and the right wing windows have 5 and 5 lights. The rear of the building features similar windows, a first-floor door to the side of the outshut, and a large Tudor-arched doorway in the third bay, with a later cross window above.

Inside, a through passage is located behind the main chimney stack, now featuring a staircase at the rear. The second bay includes an inglenook with wattle-and-daub heck incorporating a flagstone and a bressummer, which seems to be a reused wall plate. The first and second bays exhibit chamfered beams, with remnants of painted foliated decoration on their chamfers. A timber-framed partition is present in the left wing.

A plaque on the right gable commemorates Sir Thomas Barlow, who lived at the property; he served as Royal Physician to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King George V.