Goldstraw Farmhouse And Attached Farm Building To North West

Goldstraw Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse with later alterations, re-roofed in the 20th century. It is located on Neston Road in Ness Village, with an attached farm building to the northwest. The farmhouse is constructed of brown brick in English garden-wall bond, on a rubble stone plinth. It has a brick-coped concrete tile roof with brick end stacks and ogee-moulded kneelers. The farm building is of squared sandstone and mottled brick in English garden-wall bond, with a slate roof and stone-coped gables.

The farmhouse is two storeys and an attic, with a two-bay gabled front. It has a four-panel bolection moulded door and sash windows with stone sills and wedge lintels at attic level, though the other windows are 20th-century replacements. On the left return, there are single sash windows with glazing bars towards the front and, towards the rear, the remains of gauged brick arches to blocked windows. Raised brick bands mark the first floor and eaves levels. The rear of the house features horizontal sliding sashes at attic level.

The attached farm building is two storeys, with a garage door adjacent to the farmhouse, and a board stable door between small windows, all with heavy stone lintels. A loft is accessed by an external ladder stair and features two full-length doors.

The interior of the farmhouse includes early four-panel doors on strap hinges, a 17th-century dogleg staircase with square newels, balusters, a closed string, and a heavy moulded handrail. A roll-edge beam is situated above a fitted fireplace opening, flanked by panelled cupboards. Wide-boarded doors, exposed beams, and ceiling joists are found on both floors. The farm building has a roof structure of king post trusses, one without purlin struts.

The house was formerly known as Ness Manor.