Stockingate Farmhouse

Stockingate Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the early to mid 18th century and has been enlarged and altered over time. The building is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with quoins and features a slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan formed by a single depth, two-unit front range, with an outshut added to the rear of the second unit at an early date.

The farmhouse is three storeys high and has two symmetrical bays. The central doorway has a plain surround and is flanked by modern French windows. On the first floor, there are square windows, one of which is a horizontal-sliding sash with glazing bars, while the other has been altered. The second floor features low rectangular windows, both of which are three-light horizontal-sliding sashes with rendered surrounds, possibly formerly mullioned. The gables have copings with kneelers and gable chimneys, with the left chimney being external. The right-hand return wall has altered or inserted windows.

The full-height outshut has a blocked doorway in its rear wall and a recent addition in the re-entrant angle. Inside, the farmhouse has chamfered spine beams and joists in both the ground and first-floor rooms. There is a large rectangular stone fireplace in the housebody to the right and another in the outshut at the rear. A central staircase rises in one flight from front to rear on both levels. In the left chamber, there is a small rectangular fireplace with an iron grate, flanked by cheeks and hobs of stone, which is an unusual survival. Each attic features a large collar rafter roof truss that is pegged. The farmhouse closely resembles Kirby Cannon Farmhouse on Common Road and Arden Farmhouse on Mill Lane.