Alder Hill Cottages

Alder Hill Cottages is a farmhouse that has been converted into three cottages. It dates from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed from coursed gritstone rubble and features stone slate roofs. It is two storeys high, with the main range, which includes Nos 2 and 3, being four windows wide and having a continuous outshut at the rear. There is a gabled wing that projects on the left side, with the entrance to No. 3 located in a lean-to on the left return. This entrance leads into a rear wing that is roofed parallel to the main range. The building has quoins.

The main range has had its openings altered, featuring two 20th-century glazed doors in the centre with plain lintels. The enlarged windows retain recessed chamfered surrounds. On the first floor, there is a three-light side sliding sash window on the left, with 20th-century windows in the centre and right, and an added bay with round windows on the far right. The building also has stone gutter brackets, gable copings, and a corniced stack located far left and to the ridge right.

The projecting wing on the left has 20th-century windows, a rebuilt gable, and retains 17th-century moulded coping, shaped kneelers, and finials. The entrance to No. 3 is set back on the left return and features a re-cut and reset lintel with a keystone inscribed 'A(nn)o D(omin)i' and the date '16...35'. Above the keystone is a weathered ram's head terminal, and the jamb stones project slightly. To the right of the entrance is a half round-arched window. The rear wing has a 17th-century gable facing the road, which includes a blocked first-floor window, shaped kneelers, gable coping, and finials, as well as a large rebuilt ashlar corniced ridge stack.

Inside, the property is reputed to retain 18th-century stairs with a moulded rail, string, and turned balusters, a fireplace with a large cambered arch, chamfered ceiling beams, and an early carved stone head set into the wall in the entrance hall.