Henshaw Farmhouse

Henshaw Farmhouse is a laithe house built in the early 18th century, with a later 18th-century addition at the northern end. It features a large dressed stone construction and a stone slate roof. To the left side, there is a barn. The farmhouse has large quoins and heavy lintels above the mistal doorway and cart entry, which has composite jambs. The building consists of two cells and includes a wide gabled porch with quoins. On either side of the porch, there are windows that were originally four lights, retaining a central flat-faced king mullion, and have slightly chamfered surrounds. The right-hand return wall has a first-floor doorway, now a window, that was originally back-to-earth at floor level, providing access to a long upstairs room that may have been connected to textile manufacturing. The rear of the farmhouse retains one two-light chamfered mullioned window, above which is a stepped light. The quoins indicate the later extension, and there is a similar barn entry at the front. This farmhouse is an early example of a laithe house for the region.