Mount Castle Farm Cottage

Mount Castle Farm Cottage is a house that dates from the late 15th century, with alterations made in the 16th, 17th, and 19th centuries. The building is timber framed, with the front elevation, part of the first floor, part of the rear, and the left gable clad or rebuilt in galleted ragstone, featuring dressings of thin red bricks. The first floor has exposed studding with 19th-century red brick infilling, while the left gable end is partly constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with occasional grey headers. The roof is covered in plain tiles and hipped to the right, with a storeyed bay on the right end and the left end truncated.

The cottage has two storeys and broadly spaced studding. A 19th-century red and grey brick stack is located in the left gable end. On the ground floor, there is a two-light 19th-century casement window to the left of the door, which is a boarded door with a segmental head, accessed by three steps towards the centre. A datestone marked TB/1646 is found in the left gable end, likely reset.

Inside, there is a moulded dais beam with a mortice for a spear and a moulded crown-post on a cambered tie-beam, featuring mortices for large braces. The interior includes a 17th-century inserted floor and a stud and plaster partition above the central tie-beam of the open hall, which is smoke blackened on one side. There are remains of a smoke bay, probably from the 16th or early 17th century, along with exposed beams and posts.