56, Upper Wellhouse

No. 56 Upper Wellhouse is an early 18th-century building, dating from around 1720 according to deeds. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with quoins and features a pronounced plinth. The roof is pitched and covered with stone slate, and there is a coped gable on the north side. The building has two storeys.

On the east elevation, the ground floor includes a partially blocked entrance with a large millstone grit lintel, stone surrounds, and tie-stones. There is one three-light stone mullioned window and one five-light stone mullioned window; both are double chamfered with tie-stones under the lintels and have millstone grit surrounds. The first floor features three recessed and chamfered three-light stone mullioned windows. The west elevation has various altered windows.