Farm Building On South Side Of Farmyard, Approximately 25 Metres North Of Outhwaite Farmhouse

A farm building, originally two houses, was constructed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, with later 18th-century additions. The building is situated on the south side of a farmyard, approximately 25 metres north of Outhwaite Farmhouse. It is constructed of sandstone rubble. The eastern house has a slate roof, while the western house has a stone slate roof.

The south wall of the eastern house was rebuilt in the late 18th century using watershot masonry and retains 17th-century window dressings. The windows are rebated and chamfered. The ground floor has one window of two lights, and two further windows originally of four lights, but now retain only their central king mullions. On the first floor, the left-hand window has had its mullion removed, and the right-hand window is blocked and retains a king mullion. Stone gutter brackets are present. Gable copings feature kneelers, and chimneys have weathered offsets and moulded cornices.

The western house, slightly lower in height, adjoins the eastern house and has rebated and chamfered windows, alongside a drip course. On the ground floor, one window was originally of three lights and now lacks mullions, alongside two windows of two lights, with the right-hand one being obscured by a later lean-to. The first floor has one window with a removed mullion and another of two lights.

A farm building adjoins the western house and has a plain reveal door. A stair wing to the north of the eastern house has a blocked cross window in its west wall. The north wall of the main part of the house features a door with a moulded surround and lintel, bearing carved decoration and the inscription ‘WEA 1770,’ though the figures were likely originally ‘1707’. The western house has two first-floor windows of two lights. A ground-floor door displaying long-and-short jambs retains a firehood bressumer with a mortise for a heck post, indicating a former baffle.

The oak roof trusses incorporate collars and tie beams. Internally, the eastern house features cased beams, an 18th-century fireplace with a moulded surround and mantel, and a spice cupboard (the carved door of which was removed around 1980). A court cupboard dating to 1695 was also removed around 1980. A remaining upper flight of stairs has turned balusters.