Beech House

Beech House is an early 18th-century farmhouse, possibly originally an inn, that has been altered over time. The house is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, and has a slate roof with brick chimneys on the ridge and at both gables. It has three bays, with a rear outshut extending to the centre and right.

The two-storey facade has a doorway offset to the right, featuring a moulded surround and a prominent concave cornice. There are three windows on each floor. The ground-floor windows were formerly mullioned, with recessed chamfered mullions of 2, 4, and 3 lights, though the mullions have largely been removed except in the centre of the middle window. The upper-floor windows have also been altered and are now square.

The rear of the house has a doorway in the re-entrant angle of the outshut, a stairlight window with a chamfered mullion and 2 diamond-lattice leaded lights, a 2-light cellar window below this, and the remains of three other formerly mullioned windows. The left gable has a blocked former doorway located near the front corner.

Inside, there’s a 18th-century fireplace with corbelled jambs and a moulded lintel, and a dog-legged staircase with a closed string, slim turned balusters, and a moulded handrail. The stairlight window retains some original glazing, including a small rectangular opening pane set within the diamond lattice.