Foss Bank Farmhouse And Farm Buildings Adjoining To West

Foss Bank Farmhouse is a mid-18th century house with a 17th century building to the west, now used as a farm building. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and has a stone slate roof. The house has two storeys and three bays. The windows feature flat-faced mullions and plain stone surrounds, with three lights in most windows, except for the left-hand ground floor window which has four lights and the central first-floor window which has two lights. The central bay contains a door with a plain stone surround, and there is a blocked doorway to the right of the door. The house has gable chimneys.

To the left, set back, is part of the 17th century building, which has two 2-light rebated and chamfered mullioned windows under a single hood on the ground floor and one similar window above. Further left is a former house, likely from the early 17th century, which originally had a steeper roof pitch. Its front wall now features a wide entrance with plain reveals and a concrete lintel, and its windows are blocked. To the right of this entrance is a window with a rebated and chamfered surround, and to the left is a similar 2-light window with a hood. Above it is a one-light chamfered window with a segmental head. The left gable wall has a chimney stack supported by corbels at the first-floor level, with blocked windows to its right, including a one-light window with a chamfer on the ground floor and a two-light window with rebate and chamfer above.

The rear wall has a one-light rebated and chamfered window on the first floor towards the left, and further right is a door with plain reveals. A dog-leg in a straight joint near this point indicates a history of rebuilding and alterations to the roof pitch. Further right, there is a blocked doorway with long-and-short jambs, a chamfered one-light window with a segmental head, and another blocked window. On the first floor, there are two pitching holes with re-used 17th century dressings. Inside, there is a modern first floor that is higher than the original. The roof trusses and fireplace were not accessible during the survey.