Higher Slade House

Higher Slade House is a farmhouse dating from the later 17th century. It is constructed of coursed sandstone with large quoins and features a stone slate roof with stone ridge tiles. The building now has a central entrance flanked by gable chimney stacks, but a blocked doorway on the left side suggests that the original entrance was located there. The central doorway, which dates from the 19th century, is situated between two double-chamfered windows that were once covered by a continuous hoodmould. These windows are subdivided by mullions, creating a pattern of square, narrow, and square lights, with further subdivisions by joinery. On the first floor, the double-chamfered windows from left to right consist of square, double square, and double square forms. Although the interior has not been inspected, the right-hand ground floor room features a 18th-century fireplace, likely replacing an earlier firehood, with a chamfered lintel set on jowled jambs.