Beckfoot Farmhouse And Farm Building Adjoining West

Beckfoot Farmhouse, built in 1686 and partly rebuilt in 1876, is a house constructed from sandstone rubble with a slate roof. It features a double-pile plan. The facade has two bays to the right of a two-storey gabled porch. The windows in the left bay have an inner ovolo and outer chamfer, with ovolo-moulded hoods; the ground floor has five lights, while the first floor has four lights. The right bay contains four-light windows with an inner hollow chamfer, an outer chamfer, and hoods. The porch includes a stepped three-light mullioned window with an inner ovolo, outer chamfer, and ovolo-moulded hood. Below the porch gable is a plaque reading 'W & M HALLAM 1876'. The door features a moulded surround with a shaped lintel and an inscription above: 'EBI AN.DO 1686', both of which have been re-tooled and are enclosed by a hood. The ends have stacks, and the dressings on the rear wall date from the 19th-century rebuilding.

Inside, the left-hand front room has a stone fireplace with raised and fielded panels carved on the lintel and jambs. The lintel has a segmental soffit and a cyma moulded cornice, with the two outer panels each displaying a single carved flower. The central panel is inscribed: 'James and Anna Swinglehirst Anno Domi 1728'.

Adjoining to the left is a shippon and garage, which were formerly part of the house and have an asbestos sheet roof. On the left, there are remains of a surround to a mullioned window with a hood. To its right is a door with plain reveals, and a wider door at the far right. On the first floor to the right is a three-light double-chamfered mullioned window. Towards the left, a former two-light mullioned window has been cut through to create a pitching hole. The left-hand gable shows the line of a roof with a steeper pitch, which may belong to this building or an earlier structure that has since disappeared.