The Cragg Farmhouse

The Cragg Farmhouse is a house built in 1736, constructed from watershot sandstone and topped with a stone slate roof. It features a three-cell plan, is two storeys high with an attic, and has four bays. A continuous string course runs along the ground floor, interrupted by a doorway that has a flat soffit and cyma moulding above. The windows are mullioned with rebate and ovolo moulding; those on the first floor have straight drip moulds. The ground floor windows are all three lights, except for the left-hand window on the first floor, which also has three lights, while the others have two lights. The door, located in the second bay, is framed with an architrave that includes a pulvinated frieze and cornice. Above the door is an oval plaque inscribed with 'WP [William Parkinson] 1736'. The house has chimneys on the gables and between the third and fourth bays, with gables that have copings and kneelers. The right-hand (north-west) gable wall features a blocked two-light attic window. At the rear, there is a continuous outshut that is partly original. Inside, the right-hand room contains a shouldered stone fireplace and chamfered main joists. The middle room has a similar fireplace, but it is moulded and has a cornice mantel. The entrance to the stair is flanked by pilasters and features a dentilled cornice. The dog-leg stair has a closed string and turned balusters, although the lower ones are now missing.