Cherry Tree Farmhouse And Adjoining House

Cherry Tree Farmhouse and an adjoining house were built in the late 17th century and the mid-18th century, with alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The farmhouse is constructed of coursed rubble limestone, whitewashed, with gritstone dressings and a stone slate roof. The adjoining house has a corrugated asbestos roof. Stone stacks are present.

The north front has a two-window house to the right, with a gabled porch to the left and a three-light casement window in an ashlar surround. There is also a two-light chamfered mullion window and a two-light casement in an ashlar surround. Above are two two-light casements in ashlar surrounds. An attached range to the left has four windows. The south front features a three-window house to the left, with a single-story lean-to addition to the left containing a door and casement windows. To the right, it has a three-light casement in ashlar and similar single-light casement. Above are two two-light casements in ashlar surrounds and a similar single-light casement to the right, which forms part of a shared two-light mullion window. An attached range to the right has three windows arranged 2:1, with quoins between. The off-centre doorway has an ashlar surround with a hood and is flanked by boarded two-light windows in ashlar surrounds. To the right is a blocked door and a boarded two-light window in a chamfered ashlar surround. Above is a large central three-light mullion window, with a plain sash to the right, and, between floors, a tiny boarded window in a chamfered ashlar surround to the left, beyond which is a shared single-light casement forming part of a shared two-light mullion window.

The interior of the farmhouse contains several early features, including a principal room with a fire area and a heck post, succeeded by a stone fireplace with a mantle on console brackets and stone shelves to the jambs. To the extreme left is a blocked entrance into the adjoining range. A door frame within the north wall has a shaped wooden lintel. Beams to the principal room are roughly hewn, and those to a smaller room are chamfered with run-out stops. The first floor has a central room with a stone fireplace and a massive lintel. The east room has a plastered firehood and a closed roof truss with a collar and saddle to the ridge, which has been blocked out at the sides to take roof purlins, with at least one being re-used, and to raise the roof at eaves level.