Orchard Corner

Orchard Corner is an early to mid-19th century detached farmhouse, constructed of coursed rubble limestone walls with ashlar quoins, and a clay-tile roof with stone gable coping. Later brick extensions, under slate roofs, are located to the rear. The house is two storeys high, with an L-shaped plan. Subsequent single- and double-storey extensions infill the inner corner.

The front elevation has three bays, originally featuring a central doorway, now masked by a late-20th century conservatory which is not of special interest. The original wooden casements with glazing bars and wood mullions (as documented in an early 1980s survey) have been replaced with uPVC windows, although the original wooden cills and lintels remain. Casements are also present on the returns. The west return has a blocked doorway with a wooden lintel at ground floor level, and a 19th-century casement window with glazing bars to the first floor. Projecting cornices are visible on the stone stacks at each gable end. The rear elevation is brick-built, with a late-19th century two-storey extension running parallel to the main range and single-storey outshuts along the west range. A late-20th century extension is situated to the north. The wooden casements in the later 19th-century extension are set under cambered heads.

The interior retains original doors, joinery, cupboards to first-floor rooms and a flagstone floor at ground floor level. Ground floor reception rooms feature panelled shutters, and the room to the east has matchboarding to dado level. Later replacements have been made to the stone fire surrounds, including those to the rear. A former external window has been enclosed within the 20th-century extension. A bifurcated staircase, with a turned newel post, is located to the right of the entrance hall, leading to the two front first-floor rooms. These retain original cupboards and doors, as do the rooms to the rear and in the late-19th century extension. A small plank door in the rear room provides access to a narrow wooden staircase leading to the kitchen.

Orchard Corner is listed at Grade II for being a substantially intact example of an early 19th-century farmhouse which retains much of its original fabric despite some alteration. It was built in a vernacular style using local materials and shows a degree of architectural quality. The survival of interior features and the unaltered plan form are also significant. The farmhouse contributes to the group value of numerous listed buildings in the village, reflecting a tradition of quality houses built between the 15th and 19th centuries.