Horsehold And Attached Barn

The property is a late 16th-century house with 19th-century alterations, and an attached barn dated 1837. It is constructed of large dressed stone with a stone slate roof. The house has a hall and cross-wing plan, incorporating a through-passage.

The north-west face features a prominent cross-wing that projects forward under a cat-slide roof, alongside a main range, reminiscent of the design at Cruttonstall. A continuous cavetto moulded hoodmould runs above the ground-floor windows, which are double-chamfered, and incorporate cavetto moulded mullions. One four-light window lacks its original mullions, and above it is another four-light window. A 19th-century outshut obscures the original hall window’s position. A former fire-window features a single chamfer. The first floor has a four-light flat-faced mullioned window. A two-storey porch juts forward in line with the cross-wing, again with a cat-slide roof and a three-light window above a matching window. A doorway with a straight lintel, composite jambs with a rebated chamfer and broach-and-roll stop is found on the right-hand return wall. The main range has two former two-light chamfered windows lacking mullions, with a later opening between them leading to a service room. A four-light flat-faced mullioned window is positioned above. The left-hand return wall of the cross-wing has an inserted 19th-century doorway and a former three-light chamfered window, with a two-light window above. A horizontal break in the stonework indicates a change in the original gable’s orientation. The gable has broad copings and kneelers. The south-east elevation shows the cross-wing projecting forward, with an altered double-chamfered window and an inserted doorway. The hoodmould continues above. The hall range was rebuilt in the mid-19th century. The barn has quoins and a coped gable with kneelers. It features a basket arched cart entry with a simple Venetian window above, the lintel of which is inscribed with the date and initials "H A" (Henry Appleyard). The interior was not inspected.