Lower House and Lower House Cottage (Former Lower House Farmhouse)

This is a timber-framed farmhouse, now divided into two houses, dating from around 1500. It has been altered and extended in the late 16th century and mid-17th century, with a further 18th-century cross-wing added, and mid-to-late 19th-century partial refacing. The construction is timber-framed on a painted coursed rubble stone plinth with brick nogging, partially refaced in the 19th century with sandstone rubble and red brick. The 18th-century addition is built in dressed yellow sandstone, and all sections are roofed with plain tiles.

The original part of the house has one framed bay with a smoke bay, and a two-bay cross-wing from the mid-17th century projecting to the left and at the rear. A projecting, gabled, 18th-century cross-wing is situated to the left. The building is arranged as one storey and attic, and two storeys and attic.

The timber framing consists of square panels, arranged three from sole-plate to wall-plate, with long, straight tension braces. There are integral brick end stacks to the right, an external brick end stack at the rear of the cross wing, and an external lateral brick stack to the right of the 18th-century cross-wing. The right-hand range has a gabled cross-wing, a central gabled dormer, and an apparently 18th-or 19th-century gabled addition projecting to the front. It has three windows, with two-light, segmental-headed wooden casements, except for the ground-floor window to the left, which has three lights. A central door has six flush panels and a gabled porch. A small brick lean-to addition is attached to the right.

The left-hand cross-wing features projecting eaves and a plat band at eaves level. It spans one by three bays, with two-light, segmental-headed wooden casements. A 19th-century cross-window is situated in the front of the ground floor, and a rendered blind window with a date stone above (illegible in 1985) on the first floor. The return front has 20th-century casements flanking the blind window, and a central, straight-headed ground floor window with a rendered blind window to the right. Gabled eaves dormers with two-light wooden casements are situated at the rear of the main range and the 17th-century cross wing.

Inside, the front parlour has chamfered beams with ogee stops. The back room has a large open fireplace with a chamfered lintel. The former hall bay and smoke bay to the right contain a chamfered beam and a fireplace with a chamfered lintel, as well as stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.