Red Garth

Red Garth is a house located on Back Lane in East Cowick, built in the mid to late 18th century with some 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of brick and features a pantile roof. The building has a double-depth plan with a central entrance hall and two rooms on the north front. It stands two storeys high with an attic and has three symmetrical bays. The entrance consists of a 20th-century glazed door flanked by 16-pane flush sash windows, which have projecting chamfered stone sills and segmental stretcher arches above. The first-floor windows are similar sash windows set beneath soldier arches. The eaves cornice is stepped and dentilled. There is an end stack on the left side, and a blocked attic door can be found on the left gable beneath a segmental arch. Inside, there is an open well staircase featuring a ramped corniced handrail and column-on-vase balusters with square knops.