Hand Carr Farm Hand Carr Farmhouse

Hand Carr Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into two dwellings. It is dated 'ESS 1640', with the roof raised in the later 17th century and 19th and 20th century additions. The building is two storeys high and has four bays with a continuous front outshut and a through passage, along with a 19th century added bay on the left (east) end.

The north front features a main range with a roof that slopes low over the outshut. From the left, there is a 20th century wing that is not of special interest. The main entrance has a moulded doorway with an ogee-moulded, sunk-spandrelled lintel that includes a date panel, a hoodmould with floral stops, and an internal porch with stone benches. There is a stop-chamfered shallow-basket-arched doorway, a two-light chamfered mullion window, and a similar window where the mullion has been removed. An inserted doorway has replaced a two-light window. A shaped kneeler is present on the left, along with a skylight. There is a corniced ashlar stack at the right end and a brick ridge stack above the door. The attached barn has been converted and is not of interest.

At the rear, from the left, there is a ground floor featuring a five-light window, a six-light window, a two-light double-chamfered mullion window, a three-light chamfered mullion window, and a chamfered quoined doorway leading into a 1970 stone and glass porch, all under a continuous dripmould with heart-and-diamond stops. On the first floor, there are larger blocks of stone above the cill level, with two four-light and two two-light, now one-light, chamfered mullion windows. The added bay on the right has plain gutter brackets and an eaves stack on the right. The left return shows the gable of the old house, which has a 20th century window using the jambs of a chamfered window, and a former chamfered window above.

Inside, the outshut to the right of the porch has a chamfered wall post and wall plate. The right end wall of the outshut has evidence of a former floor into the barn. The main body of the house features stop-chamfered spine beams with splicing that indicates the presence of a former bressumer and firehood, along with a later tall stone fireplace that has a chamfered ledge. Several external decorative features and the initials on the datestone are similar to those found at Upper Foot Farmhouse on Burnley Road.