Lower House Farmhouse

Lower House Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid-17th century, with alterations, partial rebuilding, and additions made in the late 19th century. The structure is timber-framed on a brick plinth with red brick nogging, and it has been partly rebuilt, with raised eaves and extensions in red brick, topped with plain-tile roofs. The building features one framed bay with additions and a 1½ framed bay projecting cross-wing to the west, following a baffle-entry plan. It stands one storey and attic high, as well as two storeys.

Architectural details include a dentil brick eaves cornice on the hall range, a large squared and coursed red sandstone and brick ridge stack located off-centre to the west, and an external 19th-century brick end stack to the east. The projecting cross-wing to the left has an attic casement and a ground-floor three-light 19th-century wooden casement. The hall range to the right contains two windows on each floor, with three-light 20th-century metal casements, except for a first-floor two-light 19th-century wooden casement on the right. There is a lean-to brick porch at the angle of the cross-wing to the left, featuring a Tudor-style boarded door. To the right, there is a one-storey lean-to, and at the rear, a 19th-century gabled wing. The cross-wing displays exposed collar and tie-beam trusses with queen struts and V-struts.

Inside, the farmhouse features collar and tie-beam trusses with queen struts, wind braces, and a timber-framed square-panelled cross-wall in the cross-wing. The ceiling beams are chamfered with ogee stops. A large dressed sandstone stack is present, along with a parlour fireplace that has a chamfered wooden lintel and chamfered stone reveals forming a depressed arch, and a fireplace in the cross-wing with a depressed chamfered stone arch. Despite the later alterations, the house retains good quality interior details.