Startlewood Farmhouse

Startlewood Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the early 17th century, with expansions made in the mid-17th century and remodeling occurring in the mid to late 19th century. The structure is timber framed with brick nogging, standing on a high dressed red sandstone plinth. Some parts have been rebuilt or refaced in red brick and dressed red sandstone featuring herringbone tooling. The roof is covered with slate.

The farmhouse has an L-plan layout and a baffle-entry plan consisting of three framed bays, with a later one-bay wing at the rear. It is two storeys tall with an attic. The south front has an off-centre brick ridge stack to the right and a small integral brick end stack to the left. The facade features three windows, which are 19th-century two- and three-light cast-iron lattice casements with wooden surrounds and hoods. There is also a 19th-century gabled brick porch, positioned off-centre to the right, that includes a six-panelled door (with the lower two panels flush) and a three-part rectangular overlight with a bracketed hood. An inserted 20th-century ground-floor window is located to the left.

The gable ends have been modified with rebuilt roof trusses that include tie-beams and later light framing. To the left, there is a one-storey lean-to with a graded slate roof. The rear wing features a roof truss made up of a tie-beam, two collars, and queen struts. Inside, the left-hand ground-floor room has moulded beams and joists, and there is a 17th-century oak winder stair with an octagonal newel post that rises from the left-hand room. The former external rear wall of the left-hand bay, now internal, is timber framed and has diagonal struts forming lozenge patterns.