White Hill Farmhouse

White Hill Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with a plinth and quoins, the front painted white and the rear rendered, and has a slate roof. The building has a modified T-plan, consisting of a one-bay main range and a projecting two-bay crosswing with a stair turret in the rear angle. A chimney is located at the left gable, and two side-wall chimneys are present on the wing.

The farmhouse is two storeys and garrets high. A two-storey gabled porch is situated close to the left end, featuring a moulded Tudor-arched outer doorway with a hoodmould. Rising from the hoodmould is a carved stone panel displaying a coat of arms with cresting, representing the Aughton branch of the Hesketh family. There is a 16-pane sash window above the doorway. Modern double doors are in the outer doorway, while the inner doorway contains a heavily studded oak door. A narrow re-entrant section to the right has a 3-light chamfered mullion window on the ground floor, and a blocked square window above. The wing has a hoodmould over a former ground floor window in the re-entrant side, and two 16-pane sashes on each floor of the gable. The right return wall of the wing has a hoodmould over a former window on the first floor of the front bay, and a single-storey lean-to porch on the other side. The left end wall has a transomed 6-light window on the first floor. The rear elevation includes a 5-light chamfered mullion window with a hoodmould on the ground floor, a stairlight cross window, and a garret light.

The interior has been altered, but retains large beams with tongue-stopped chamfer; these are primarily found in the present passage, the front bay of the wing, and in the main range behind the porch. One beam is supported by a large moulded corbel, and another is flush with the rear wall of that part of the building.

The farmhouse was built by the Hesketh family, descended from the Heskeths of Rufford. They were Roman Catholics and intermarried with the Threlfalls of Ashes. The family participated in the 1715 Jacobite rebellion, were attainted for high treason, and consequently lost their estates.