Shaw Green Farmhouse

Shaw Green Farmhouse, dated 1705, is a brick farmhouse built on a low stone plinth, with a slate roof (stone slates at the rear). The roof features a chimney on the ridge and another at the right gable, with stone gable copings and kneelers, likely added in the late 18th century. The farmhouse has an irregular T-shaped plan, consisting of a single-bay baffle-entry main range and a two-bay crosswing at the lower end. It is two and a half storeys high, with a band running around all sides at the first floor level. The front elevation has a doorway towards the right end, and a single window on each floor, all with segmental brick heads. A gabled attic window is present, with stone coping and kneelers. The re-entrant part of the wing has a blocked ground floor window. The gable of the wing has segmental-headed window openings at ground and first floor levels; the first floor window is topped with a dentil label. An attic window is also present, with a hoodmould, and below its sill is a moulded datestone lettered ‘D’ in relief, marking the year 1705. The left return wall breaks forward in the second bay, which has altered segmental-headed windows on each floor (the lower now a door, the upper blocked). The second bay has a single window on the first floor. The rear wall includes two stairlights with hoodmoulds, a blocked two-light attic window with a brick mullion, and a blocked first floor window with a hoodmould. Inside, there are ovolo-moulded beams, a large inglenook with a bressummer, and some original doors. A very large stone cistern is located in the angle of the wing at the front. The building has group value in relation to other historic farmsteads in the area.