Lower Fairhurst Farmhouse

Lower Fairhurst Farmhouse is a farmhouse that partly dates from 1678, although most of it is from the 18th century. It is built from sandstone rubble, with the earlier section at the south end being random and the later section coursed, both featuring quoins. The roof is slate and has two levels.

The earlier part of the farmhouse is single depth and single storey, consisting of the house part and an altered service end. It has a baffle entry on the west side, where the altered doorway features a shaped lintel inscribed with "ET.IT" and "h" at the right end. To the right, under later additions, and in the east wall dated 1678 (partly covered by a lean-to addition), there are remains of stone mullion windows with hoodmoulds. Inside this section, there is a quarter-round moulded beam and an inglenook fireplace with a stone heck and a similarly moulded bressummer, which contains an 18th-century stone fireplace with corbelled jambs.

Behind the inglenook is the 18th-century part of the farmhouse, which is double depth, has three bays, and is two storeys with an attic. The symmetrical east facade features rusticated quoins, a central moulded doorway, two windows on the ground floor, and three above, all with moulded architraves and 4-pane sashes. There are gable end stacks. The rear (west) side has a central stairlight cross window with small panes (some irregular) and two small windows on each floor. All these windows, except for the lower right which has been altered, are of three lights with chamfered flush mullions, with the upper window having small panes that are irregular on the left.

Inside this later section, there is a doglegged staircase with an open string, scrolled brackets, two turned balusters per tread, and a ramped handrail that has a character typical of the 17th century. This farmhouse is a good example of alternate rebuilding.