Lower Closen

Lower Closen is a house dating from the late 17th century, constructed from limestone rubble with timber lintels. It features a plain-tile roof and rebuilt stacks. The house has a three-unit lobby-entry plan and stands two storeys tall with attics. The front has four windows: an imported 17th-century oak-panelled door with a 20th-century oak doorcase, two three-light casements to the right, and a two-light casement to the left, with additional casements above. Some window frames are from the 20th century. There are no front dormers, and the house has a central stack with multiple flues and a lateral stack to the right. Inside, there are large open fireplaces, an ovolo-chamfered beam, a timber-framed partition, and a cased winder-stair leading to the second floor. A graffito discovered in 1937 on the second-floor chimney breast, which was photographed and then covered up, reads: "JohnsS/ this house was thatched 1689."