Lower Stone House Farmhouse

Lower Stone House Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with alterations and extensions made in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed from large coursed dressed and squared stone blocks and features a tiled roof, with verge parapets present only on the west side and an end stack also located to the west. It has two storeys and a cellar, presenting a three-window front. The window composition on the right includes four-, two-, and three-light chamfered mullioned windows, with the four-light window (which was probably originally three) now having only one stone mullion remaining. The ground floor windows are at different levels, and all but the central two lights have been replaced with large 20th-century windows in enlarged openings. The right-hand windows are raised above two- and three-light mullioned cellar windows set at ground level, and there is a boarded entrance at the left end. A mid-19th century timber-framed bay addition is located at the east end, and there is a massive stack at the rear with two diagonal shafts.

Inside, a door opens against the back of a massive fireplace, which includes a fire window and a salt niche in the fireback, along with a chamfered firebeam that continues to the first floor. A spiral staircase leads down to the cellar, which features heavy sandstone cheese shelves, and the internal partitions are made of timber framing. The roof structure consists of simple queen post trusses with windbraces.