Greenclose Farmhouse

Greenclose Farmhouse is probably of mid to late 17th century origin. It is a house, formerly a farmhouse, with brick walls built on a rubble stone base. Part of the original rear wall is now an internal timber-framed section. The roof is tiled, with stone eaves courses and is hipped at the right end. There are two brick stacks, one at the left end and one to the right of the centre of the building. The front wall is buttressed. A ledged door leads into a cross-passage, and a pair of French doors are at the left end. The ground floor has two casement windows with glazing bars, and one plain cross-pattern window. The first floor has four casements, two with horizontal glazing bars, and a flat band at first floor level to the left section of the facade. There is evidence of considerable alteration to the window openings. A late, single-storey, gabled extension is at the rear, on the left end. There's also a continuous, single-storey, rear lean-to, part of which may be contemporary with the house. Inside, a ground floor room at the left end has a large open fireplace with a timber lintol and a bread oven, and two chamfered ceiling beams. A timber-framed partition separates this room from an adjoining unheated room. A room at the right end features a large open fireplace with a timber lintol and stone jambs, and a rear wall that is timber framed. Intersecting chamfered ceiling beams are also present on this floor; it doesn't appear to be framed into the rear wall, suggesting a possible later insertion. The first floor has some timber-framed partitions and contemporary fireplaces. At the right end, the first floor ceiling was raised to expose lower parts of the roof trusses. A cambered stop-chamfered ceiling beam is located in the cross-passage, running along the line of the main rear wall.