Upper House Farmhouse

Upper House Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with an 18th-century wing. It was remodelled in the mid-18th century and has undergone alterations in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. The building features a combination of timber framing with rendered infill on a sandstone rubble plinth, and brick construction, topped with plain tiled roofs. It is laid out in an L-plan, with the main part constructed in 19th-century brick, comprising three bays aligned north-west to south-east. The rear north-east return connects to a surviving single bay that retains a large external sandstone rubble chimney with a truncated stack at the gable end.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with an attic and cellar, and has a dentilled eaves cornice. The timber framing consists of six panels from the sill to the wall-plate, with a collar and tie-beam truss supported by three struts, and a V-strut in the apex at the north-east gable end. The south-west front elevation features an irregular arrangement of three bays, with all openings having cambered heads and moulded architraves. The windows are 12-pane sashes, and the entrance, located between the first and second bays, includes a six-panelled door with a transom light that has three glazing bars. The single-bay section has a 20th-century ground floor two-light casement. A large ridge stack is situated at the junction of the two sections.

The main entrance is located in a lean-to addition at the rear. The timber-framed section includes an attic light in its gable end, a cross-casement on both floors where it meets the main part, and a cellar door, along with a ground floor three-light casement and a first floor cross-casement in its north-west elevation. The farmhouse is part of the Winnington Estate.