Lower Constable Lee Farmhouse

Lower Constable Lee Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century or earlier, which has been altered and is now used as a house. It is constructed of sandstone random rubble and has a slate roof. The building features a ridge chimney located at the junction of the first and second bays, as well as an external chimney on the right side wall of the wing. The farmhouse has an F-plan layout with three bays, a projecting porch at the junction of the first and second bays, and a projecting wing at the front of the third bay.

The structure is two storeys high, with a two-storey porch that has been buttressed. The upper floor slightly overhangs and features a large splayed lintel above the doorway, which now has glazed double doors. The inner doorway has a chamfered surround, and on the first floor, there is a horizontal rectangular window with a double-recessed head and a hoodmould. Most of the windows have been altered, but the second bay retains a three-light flush-mullion window. The gable of the wing has had its windows altered, but it features hollow-moulded hoodmoulds over windows on each floor. There is also a modern lean-to porch in the re-entrant angle of the wing.

On the right return wall, there is an external chimney stack with horizontal set-offs that supports a diagonal chimney with a moulded cap. The rear of the farmhouse has a lean-to outshut with a blocked doorway that has a large lintel, and several small windows, including two at the ground floor with slab cornices.

Inside, in the second bay, flanking the doorways to the third bay, are four unusual staves or wands that are approximately 1.5 metres high and 10 cm thick, each with star-shaped heads formed of interpenetrating tetrahedrons, though their purpose is unknown. In the third bay, there is a fine moulded Tudor-arched stone fireplace and a salt cupboard. On the first floor, an exceptionally heavy cambered tie-beam can be found.