Upper House

Upper House is a farmhouse dating from the mid to late 16th century, with an early 19th-century extension and later additions and alterations. The building is primarily timber framed, now mostly rendered or roughcast, with a roughly coursed limestone rubble addition from the 19th century. The original part has a corrugated iron roof, while the 19th-century section features slate roofs, hipped to the right.

The original house appears to consist of two or three framed bays, with a double-depth addition to the right from the early 19th century. It is two storeys high. The 16th-century section has a continuously jettied front, with a bressumer concealed by render and a 19th-century brick lean-to at the rear. A bracketed corner post is visible at the rear left corner, and large square panels, some showing wattle and daub infill beneath plaster, are exposed on the left gable end at ground level. There are two 20th-century casements directly beneath the eaves and two more on the ground floor. Carved brackets are located at the corners and center beneath the overhang, with square-shaped posts adjoining that are likely brick. The entrance was probably to the right, below an integral brown brick end stack, though no trace is visible now. An external rubblestone end stack with a 19th-century brown brick top is located to the left.

The 19th-century addition features two 16-paned glazing bar sashes on each floor, with the lower left window infilled and a 20th-century glazed door inserted. There is a 19th-century four-panel door to the far left, with the top panels now glazed. A 19th-century brown brick integral end stack is on the right, and there is a massive segmental wooden lintel above an infilled opening below. The interior could be of interest, but it was not possible to inspect it during the resurvey in July 1986.