Lower House Farmhouse And Attached Cow House

The Lower House Farmhouse is an early 17th-century farmhouse with later additions and alterations. It is timber-framed with painted brick, woven and rendered infill, and roughcast to the right of the front elevation, set on a rubble stone plinth; the roof is slate-covered. The farmhouse appears to originally have been of four framed bays, with a baffle entry. The timber framing features square panels extending from the cill to the wall-plate, incorporating short straight tension braces. There are collar and tie beam end trusses, with projecting double-purlin ends – the one on the left has V-struts from the collar, while the one on the right is obscured by slate hanging. A prominent timber-framed gabled eaves dormer, weatherboarded to the apex, has original scrolled brackets and a 19th-century three-light casement. Below this, and to the left, are 19th-century casements; a 20th-century casement and a flat-roofed eaves dormer are to the right of the entrance, which has a boarded door with a glazed panel at the top, and sits under a 20th-century open gabled porch. An axial red brick ridge stack sits directly above the entrance, and an external rubble stone end stack with a red brick top is to the left. The interior of the house has not been inspected, but is likely to be of architectural interest. Attached to the right is a late 17th-century cowhouse with a weatherboarded timber frame on a rubble stone plinth and a slate roof. The main entrance is at the rear, through a stable door, approached by external lateral stone steps. Flanking eaves hatches include a cart entrance to the far left. The cowhouse framing is visible, with renewed vertical posts. It has a staggered single-purlin roof in three bays, with raking struts from tie beams to principal rafters, and a continuous loft.