Dean House Farmhouse

Dean House Farmhouse is a farmhouse, now a house, that likely dates back to the early 17th century and has undergone alterations. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone and features a stone slate roof. The building has a rectangular single-depth four-bay plan, which originally included a baffle-entry from the east side, now the rear. It stands two storeys high with four windows, showcasing a high plinth on the northern half that wraps around the building. There is a doorway located in the third bay, large modernised casement windows on both floors, and a cut-down chimney situated at the junction of the first and second bays.

The north gable wall features a five-light double-chamfered stone mullion window with a cavetto-moulded hoodmould, and above this is a stone plaque carved with the Legs-of-Man and the raised letters "T N". The rear wall, now partially covered by a 19th-century stone lean-to that serves as a porch for a doorway inserted near the corner, has a blocked chamfered one-light window in the first bay, a blocked former doorway at the junction of the first and second bays, and a blocked four-light window in the second bay with chamfered flush mullions. Beyond the lean-to, there is a two-light window with flush ovolo-and-fillet mullion.

Inside, the first bay, now used as a kitchen, features a large beam with a broad chamfer. The second bay contains a large inglenook with a stone heck that has a moulded two-stage shoulder and a chamfered bressumer with cyma stops, along with a large lateral beam that also has a broad chamfer and similar stops. The partition wall between the second and third bays has a similar beam, while the third bay includes a crudely chamfered lateral beam. Historically, the farmhouse is said to have been built as a hunting lodge and was occupied by Lord Derby just before his advance to Wigan during the Civil War.