Higher Stoodley Farmhouse

Higher Stoodley Farmhouse is a house built around 1770, constructed from hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings and a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and features a three-room front with a through-passage and an added rear wing. It displays raised rusticated quoins, a band, and a cornice. The windows are all double chamfered mullioned types, with the first cell having a six-light window and the same above it. The doorway features monolithic jambs, a lugged head with a fluted entablature, and a triangular pediment. The second cell has an eight-light window with the same design above, while the third cell has a five-light window with a similar arrangement above. All window surrounds project from the wall face. The gables are coped with kneelers. The right-hand return wall has two sash windows on the first floor and a circular attic light. There are three stacks along the ridge. This house is notable for carrying the characteristic 17th-century style of windows and the plan form of a service room, housebody, and parlour, along with a rear kitchen wing, well into the 18th century. It shares similar characteristics with Horsfall House, which is dated 1777.