Lower Santley

Lower Santley is a disused farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with its eaves raised and front wall rebuilt in the late 18th century, along with later additions and alterations. The building features a timber frame on a rubblestone plinth, with the front wall rebuilt in stone and now roughcast, and a slate roof that is graded to the rear. It has a three-unit baffle-entry plan and stands two storeys tall.

The exterior includes late 19th and 20th century casements, with one located to the left and one in the centre directly below the eaves. The ground floor has three casements to the left of a gabled porch over the original entrance and one to the right. There is a subsidiary boarded door to the right with a gabled hood. A red brick ridge stack is positioned immediately to the right of the porch, and there is an external end stack to the left with a red brick shaft. At the rear, there is a mid- to late 19th century lean-to dairy made of rubblestone, featuring a cast-iron latticed window.

Inside, the timber frame is exposed on the back wall and cross-walls, with square and rectangular panels, three from cill to wall-plate, and long straight tension braces to the main cross-wall. The left ground-floor room has a chamfered cross-beam with elaborate ogee stops, and a straight-flight 19th century oak staircase leading to the back wall, which has a flat moulded baluster and a 20th century fireplace to the external stack. The middle room, currently used as a kitchen, features a chamfered ceiling beam with elaborate ogee stops and an inglenook fireplace with a massive wooden lintel. The right room has a chamfered spine beam with heavy joists. Throughout both floors, there are plank and muntin doors with pointed strap hinges. The first-floor rooms retain original oak floorboards, and the left room has a cast-iron Victorian fireplace. The middle room has a large rendered stepped brick stack on the right wall. The roof is a staggered single-purlin design in three bays with collar and tie beam centre trusses.