Higher Red Lees Farmhouse

Higher Red Lees Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1631, although it has been altered over time. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone and features a stone slate roof with stone coping, kneelers, and an apex finial at the left gable. The building has a two-unit plan with an additional integral through-passage at the right end, behind the main chimney stack. There is a modern lean-to porch and kitchen added to the rear of the left end, which is not included in the listing.

The farmhouse has two storeys. A 19th-century doorway in a 17th-century style has been inserted at the junction of the bays, while the original principal entrance is at the right end, now located inside the lean-to. This entrance features a triangular-headed chamfered doorway leading to the through-passage. At the ground floor, there are recessed chamfered mullion windows with hoodmoulds, consisting of 4, 5, and 4 lights, with the last being a firewindow. The first floor has three 3-light chamfered flush mullion windows, along with a chamfered single light at the right end. The left gable has a 3-light window on each floor towards the rear, and the right gable has a chamfered single light towards the rear on the first floor. The rear of the farmhouse features the altered doorway at ground floor and a 2-light and a 3-light flush mullion window above. There are two chimney stacks on the ridge.

Inside, the principal feature of interest is the exceptionally deep firehood area, which is protected by a 2-stage stud-and-plank heck wall from the original entry at the rear end of the through-passage. It also has a very large stop-chamfered firehood bressummer, along with two similarly decorated beams. The further ends of these beams are surrounded by remains of moulded plaster, and on the wall between them is a moulded plaster shield inscribed with "1631 I.E" (which stands for John Eastwood).