Steps Farmhouse

Steps Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been divided into two separate units. It likely dates from the 17th century and has undergone significant later additions and alterations. The exterior is roughcast, probably covering a timber frame, and it sits on a high uncoursed limestone rubble plinth with slate roofs. The building has an L-shaped plan, with a long roof divided into two sections; the left section retains its original steep pitch. The left section is one storey with an attic, while the right section has two storeys over a basement. The windows are arranged irregularly, featuring horizontal sliding sash windows on the ground floor of the left section, which also has a gabled eaves dormer. The gable of the right section includes late 20th-century windows, with a neo-Georgian bow window on the ground floor. There is a contemporary glazed door in the center, with a red brick ridge stack directly above and an external lateral stack on the right. Inside, the left ground-floor room features a massive chamfered spine beam with heavy joists and an infilled inglenook fireplace. The roof has double purlins, although the trusses were concealed at the time of the last survey in November 1985.