Russell House

Russell House is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house, with likely origins dating back to the late medieval period. It was remodeled and extended to the east in the early 17th century, with a rear extension added around 1700. The building features coursed and uncoursed limestone rubble and has a thatched roof with stone-coped gable ends. The 17th-century extension on the right was raised in the 19th century and now has a Welsh slate roof and a brick end stack. There are brick flues for the gable-end stack of the 1700 extension and for the left gable-end and axial stack of the main range. The main range has a three-unit plan, and the 17th-century remodeling included the insertion of a ceiling into what was once an open hall, along with an axial stack against the former through-passage on the left. Services were added to the right of the main range during the 17th century when a one-room extension was built. The rear extension from around 1700 includes a dairy outshut on the right side wall.

The exterior of Russell House is two stories high and features a four-window south front that was refenestrated in the mid-20th century. The extension on the right has a 17th-century chamfered stone-mullioned three-light window at the front and a 19th-century verandah at the rear. The left gable end and the rear of the main range have two-light stone-mullioned windows with hollow-chamfered and ovolo-moulded architraves. There is a rear doorway next to two 18th-century flat-faced two-light stone-mullioned windows. The 1700 extension has similar windows, except for the west elevation, which features four-light stone-mullioned windows with beaded architraves and recessed king-mullion panels, showcasing an interesting blend of late vernacular design with classical influences. Some 17th-century window frames with turnbuckles are still present.

Inside, the building retains late medieval principal rafters in the truss over the hall, which has trenching for purlins and a fragment of a chamfered arch brace on the rear principal. The interior also includes 19th-century panelling and 17th-century scratch-moulded doors. The central ground-floor room, which was formerly the hall, has stop-chamfered beams and an open fireplace featuring a chamfered bressummer and stone jambs.