Brines Farmhouse

Brines Farmhouse is a farmhouse that was rebuilt in 1735 by Edmund Platt for Peter Legh X, although it incorporates earlier timbers. The building has 19th-century alterations and is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with a graded Kerridge stone-slate roof, featuring a nearly central brick chimney that rises through the stone ridge. The farmhouse has a rectangular three-unit plan with a lobby entry and a two-storey asymmetrical four-bay front. The façade includes a mix of two or three-light tall square-section stone mullions and 19th-century wooden casements set in plain surrounds. The doorway is located towards the left, behind a 19th-century gabled porch.

Inside, there is a trace of a baffle and chamfered beams with tongue stops in the ground storey. A full cruck frame is present against the north wall and likely elsewhere, although these are now hidden and support exposed heavy purlins. There is also a brick-barrel-vaulted room dug into the hill from the south wall, which was originally equipped with benches for salting pigs and is now used as a bar. Additionally, there is one 18th-century three-board door located upstairs.