Steps House

Steps House is a Grade II listed building, originally dating from the 16th century or earlier, but rebuilt in the late 17th century. It has undergone alterations and additions in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. The house is constructed of handmade brick, with the rear rendered on a tall rubble plinth, and features a slate roof with a 20th-century brick stack at the rear of the south range.

The building has an L-plan layout, with the main range oriented east to west. It includes an external rubble chimney with offsets and a rebuilt brick stack on the north side. The south return is slightly lower and consists of one narrow bay. The house has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar. Notable architectural details include a two-course sill band at the first floor level and a two-course band at the attic storey level, with the lower course being cogged. Above the attic light, there is a gable end on the east front.

On the east front elevation, the single-bay south return to the left features a three-light casement window on both storeys, which has cambered brick heads. The first-floor window interrupts the sill band. The gable end of the main range to the right includes a two-light wood-mullioned cellar window, a ground floor flat-roofed oriel window, and a three-light casement with a cambered head on the first floor and attic storey.

The main entrance, located next to the south return, is accessed by a flight of brick and sandstone steps. It has a flat canopy supported by shaped brackets and a ledged and battened door. There is also a 20th-century lean-to rubble porch on the north side and another lean-to addition on the west side of the south return. The interior is noted to have some 17th-century panelling.