Wadsworth Banks Farmhouse

This is a late medieval timber-framed farmhouse, largely rebuilt in stone during the 17th century, with later alterations. The house now presents an L-shaped plan, incorporating a projecting cross-wing. The front elevation is faced with large dressed stone, while the sides and rear feature hammer-dressed stone. The roof is covered in blue slate.

The cross-wing has a plinth and contains an impressive 18-light parlour window, with double chamfered mullions and a transom, featuring two king mullions and a hoodmould with decorative stops. Above this, on the first floor, is a similar window lacking label stops. The cross-wing has a coped gable with kneelers and a finial. A return wall has a double chamfered mullioned cross-window with a 2-light window above.

The hall range features double chamfered mullioned windows to the ground floor and chamfered mullioned windows to the first floor, including an 8-light window with a king mullion above a 6-light window, and a 4-light window above a 3-light window. A break in the stonework is visible. Three-light windows are flanked by 2-light windows, all united by a continuous hoodmould with decorative label stops. Another 4-light window is situated above on the first floor. The hall range also has a coped gable with kneelers.

The left return wall of the cross-wing has a double chamfered mullioned window to the rear dairy, containing six lights, adjacent to an inserted 19th-century doorway with monolithic jambs. A chamfered mullioned window of three lights is positioned above on the first floor. The rear of the cross-wing contains double chamfered mullioned windows of two and three lights, with a string course. An impressive 12-light mullioned and transomed window, featuring a hoodmould with decorative label stops, is also present. This gable, too, has kneelers with bases for finials.

The rear of the hall range is a single-storey section under an outshut, likely dating to the late 18th century. This incorporates a segmental arched entry with a keystone and impost to the left of a former 5-light mullioned window with thin, flat facing. There are two stacks on the ridge of the hall range and one on the cross-wing.

The interior of the hall range preserves a close studded timber-framed wall with arched braces and a heavily jowled head to post on a stylobat on the ground floor. A board and muntin division wall with a sill beam on a stone footing is also present. One face of the panelling features muntins with roll moulding of high quality, dating from the late 15th century. This represents a very rare and important survival.