Edisford Hall Farmhouse And 2 Cottages Adjoining To North

A late 18th-century farmhouse with two adjoining cottages, incorporating 17th-century remains and fragments of the late medieval period. The farmhouse and cottages are constructed of pebbledashed rubble with sandstone dressings and a stone slate roof. The cottages, to the north of the farmhouse, each have one bay and feature plain stone window surrounds with ogee heads, with poppyheads above the ogees. The ground floor windows are sash windows with curved glazing bars beneath the heads. The doors are paired with plain stone surrounds. Above the doors is a re-set stone displaying three carved shields – ‘W’ and ‘T’ in the upper two, and a flower motif in the lower one. The farmhouse itself has four bays. One window to the right of the front door has plain reveals, while the window to the left is mullioned with an outer chamfer and inner hollow chamfer, featuring four lights. A window on the far left has a plain stone surround and square mullions, displaying three lights. On the first floor are similar windows of three, two, three and two lights. The front door is set into a plain stone surround. Two re-set stones with decorative motifs are located to the right of the facade. On the first floor, to the right of the second bay, are two re-set stones carved with blank tracery in relief, incorporating cinquefoils and panel tracery above. The arches beneath these re-set stones feature the monograms of Christ and the Virgin Mary. Chimneys are located to the right of the left-hand bay, between the house and cottages, and on the gable of the right-hand cottage. A 17th-century window surround, now lacking mullions and partly blocked, is found at the rear of the right-hand cottage. The farmhouse interior was not accessible during the survey and was reported to contain no features of significant interest.