Vale House

Vale House is a house dating from the late 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed from coursed coal measures sandstone, with some parts rendered. The building features coped gables, moulded kneelers, ashlar gable and ridge stacks, and a plain tiled roof. The irregular plan includes a six-bay late 17th-century range with a wide advanced gable at the east end, along with an added two-bay 19th-century range.

The south elevation of the six-bay range has two and three storeys with attics, and the two western bays are roughcast. There is a central glazed doorway with 2 and 3-light windows above, all of which are 19th-century insertions. The roof has two 3-light flat-roofed attic dormers. The advanced flat-roofed bay to the east features tall 3-light mullioned windows in flush stone surrounds. The two-bay gable with a parapet is located at the projecting bay in the south-east corner. Ground and first floor windows are 2-light mullioned windows, with single light windows in the eastern bay, all beneath band courses that connect the window heads to the ground and first floors. The cills are linked by bands that terminate at the outer openings, while the head bands return around the south-east corner to connect with the heads of single light 17th-century openings on the east elevation.

At the top of the parapeted bay, a gabled dormer faces east, providing access to the parapet, which has a moulded coping. The two-bay mid-19th-century addition is two storeys high and features stacked tall 4-light timber mullioned windows with horizontal glazing bars. There is a wide doorway to the east with a Tudor arched headed door, along with a single bay 20th-century lean-to addition at the east end.