Greenhalgh Farmhouse

The building is a farmhouse, likely dating from the 17th century, with alterations and extensions made at an early period. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble and squared stone, with quoins, and has a slate roof with stone gable copings and gable chimneys. The plan is an altered L-shape, originally formed by an early addition of an outshut to the rear of the second bay, which sits at an angle to a shallower outshut to the first bay.

The front wall facing the garden uses different masonry above ground floor level. The lower part has two double-chamfered mullion windows, now each of three square lights, though one appears to have originally had six lights based on missing mullion stools. The upper part is of squared stone and has two smaller three-light windows with chamfered, flush mullions. The left gable wall features a large external chimney stack with a chamfered base and offsets, a lean-to shed in front, a continuous dripcourse to the rear, a doorway near the rear corner, and a window above. The right gable wall has a doorway near the front corner, with a chamfered surround and a pointed Tudor-arched head, now partly hidden by an added lean-to.

At the rear of the first bay, there is a five-light double-chamfered mullion window; three lights are blocked, and two have been altered into a sliding sash window, indicating the removal of mullions. The rear of the second bay (the added outshut) has a doorway flanked by square windows.

The interior was probably altered and raised in the 18th century. The second bay has a high ceiling supported by two chamfered beams with run-out stops, housed at the front end well above window-head level and with blocked post mortices in the soffits of the rear ends. A similar beam features in the partition between the bays, which includes a slightly Tudor-arched doorway at the front end. The partition wall to the rear outshut appears to be timber-framed.

The history of the farmhouse is not known, but an adjoining barn has a lintel featuring raised lettering “G, possibly I P” and the date 1703, suggesting a possible date for alterations to the house.