Hardwick Farmhouse (East)

Hardwick Farmhouse (east) is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with a date of 1685 inscribed on the front lintel, and subsequent alterations and additions in the 18th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed squared gritstone with ashlar dressings, quoins, and has plain gables, two ashlar ridge stacks (one centrally located and the other truncated at the rear wing’s gable), and roofs of stone slate and plain tile. The house is L-shaped, composed of a main range and a rear crosswing.

The south-facing main range is two storeys and attics, with three bays. A former lobby-entrance plan means that the doorway sits against the stack. The central doorway is set within a chamfered quoined surround beneath a massive lintel bearing the inscription 'S O A 1685', referring to Samuel and Anne Outram. A 20th-century painted 15-pane door occupies the doorway, flanked by stacked, three-light, chamfer mullioned windows. The ground-floor window openings are deeper than the first-floor openings, and all have drip moulds with labels. The ground-floor windows have 20th-century leaded lights, whereas the upper-floor windows have undivided glazing, with each central light a 20th-century timber side-hung casement. Above the doorway is a single-light 17th-century window opening with fixed glazing. The rear elevation has a single-light opening to the first floor. The north gable has stacked, two-light, flush-mullioned windows to the ground and attic floors.

The rear wing has two-light chamfer mullioned windows to both its east and west elevations, all containing 20th-century timber casements and fixed lights. One window to the west elevation is at half-landing level, to provide light to the stair. A doorway and window in the north-west corner both have replacement 20th-century joinery. The north gable displays plain window openings, 20th-century joinery, and heavily weathered masonry below the stack. A low range is situated to the rear of the rear wing, featuring flat coping and a moulded kneeler to the gable. This range has a two-light, chamfer mullioned window with a casement light and a fixed light, both with horizontal glazing bars to the ground floor, and a single-light window above.

The interior has undergone significant 20th-century alterations; however, some original oak spine beams and joists remain exposed. Two ground-floor hearths are present, one featuring a fine bolection-moulded surround, and the other with massive jambs and a stone mantel shelf. Adjacent to the bolection-moulded hearth is a section of 17th-century square oak panelling with an arcaded frieze panel.