Ellistones Farmhouse

The farmhouse at Ellistones Farm dates to the early 17th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of large, finely dressed coursed stone with a stone slate roof and coped gables. A datestone reading "1606" is located at the apex of the west wing’s gable. The building follows a single-aisled hall plan with east and west wings, flush to the front but projecting at the rear. A continuous weathered plinth runs around the entire structure.

The south front features a single-story porch with a cambered-headed entrance, topped by an outward-facing gable, sheltering the main door, which opens into the southwest corner of the hall. The west wing incorporates a double-chamfered mullioned window of four lights on the ground floor, with mullions removed, and a two-light window. Above, there’s a four-light double-chamfered mullioned window and a further window with four lights, both with hoodmoulds and simple square returns. The hall itself has a five-light double-chamfered mullioned window with cavetto-moulded mullions, and a two-light fire window. A later, flat-faced single mullioned window, breaking through the wall and incorporating a hoodmould, creates the impression of an eight-light range. Above this are two three-light chamfered mullioned windows, one with mullions removed, and a later three-light, flat-faced mullioned window with one mullion removed. The east wing displays a double-chamfered mullioned window of four lights, again with cavetto mullions, and a matching window above, with two mullions removed. The left return wall of the west wing contains a double-chamfered mullioned window of two lights and a four-light window, with a six-light window above, from which one mullion has been removed. A lateral internal stack is also present.

A later outshut to the north gable adjoins what was originally the kitchen, which has a two-light fire window and its own external door in the east wall. Inside, the kitchen features a stop-chamfered bressumer and stop-chamfered joists. The roof truss above the bressumer includes a tie beam with a groove in the soffit, and above the tie a king-post and seven 'V' braces. The rear aisle is single-story and contains a double chamfered mullioned window of two lights, with the mullion removed. The right return wall of the east wing displays a two-light fire window and a double-chamfered mullioned window of four lights, with two mullions removed. Above are a two-light and three-light mullioned window, both heavily altered. An external well-shaped stack is built into the gable of the main range, serving the parlour of the east wing, and incorporates a large fireplace with a broad, chamfered surround.

The house reached its present form by the mid-17th century. The centrally positioned hall was flanked by two cross-wings, each containing a heated parlour.