Higher Red Lee Farmhouse

Farmhouse, dated 1674 on the porch, now a house. The construction is of coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, and it has a stone slate roof with gable copings and kneelers. A chimney is located on the ridge, at the junction of the second and third bays. It is a typical 3-bay baffle-entry 2½-storey house, with a full-height gabled porch situated where the second and third bays meet. A lean-to outshut extends to the rear of the first and second bays. The front doorway, offset to the right, has a moulded surround and hoodmould, along with a stone side bench. An inner doorway features a tongue-stopped chamfered surround and a heavily studded door. Above the door is a square datestone lettered "R A E" indicating Richard and Elizabeth (or Ellen Aspden) in 1674. At the first floor, there is a 4-light window with a hoodmould (lacking two mullions), and in the gable, a round-headed light with hollow spandrels and a dripstone to the apex. The left side wall of the porch has a round-headed stairlight. Otherwise, there are three windows on each floor, originally double-chamfered stone mullioned with hoodmoulds, but now lacking all mullions except one. To the left, the ground floor has 3 and 4-light windows, and the first floor has 3 and 3-light windows; to the right, the ground floor has 3 lights and the first floor has 2 lights. The left gable wall has a small ground floor window, a former 3-light window at first floor, and a mullioned 3-light attic window. The right gable wall has a stepped 3-light window with a stepped hoodmould, a 3-light first floor window with a hoodmould (both lacking mullions), and a mullioned 2-light attic window. The rear elevation has some windows that were formerly mullioned.

Inside, there is an inglenook with a stone heck and a chamfered bressummer. Remains of an old wattle-and-daub smoke hood are visible in a cupboard, along with a small firewindow and a recess for a salt cupboard. The beams have tongue-stopped ¼-round moulding. Partitions to the first bay have been removed. A chamfered stone parlour fireplace is located in the third bay. A dog-leg stone staircase is within the porch. A timber-framed first floor partition is present, and the roof trusses have collars and raked struts. The building forms a group with Red Lee Farmhouse to the west.