Lower Ledge Farmhouse

Lower Ledge Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid to late 17th century, with alterations and a refronting in the 19th century, and further alterations in the 20th century. It is constructed of roughly coursed limestone rubble with stone dressings and quoins, and has double Roman and pantiled roofs, with brick gable stacks. The building follows a U-plan, with a former through passage. It is two storeys high and has five windows, all being two-light casements with segmental heads. A 20th-century door is positioned second from the right, set in a moulded and stopped frame with a cambered head. The heads of the first-floor windows and upper courses of stonework differ from the lower sections, likely a result of a 19th-century re-roofing. The left return features a rear wing, formerly a stable, with a brick lean-to and two doors, one with four panes and the other with eight. Two dormers, each with eight panes, and one with four panes, are present. The right return has a 20th-century door to the rear of the main house, while the rear wing has a 20th-century door and two windows. A lower outhouse is attached to the right. Inside, the front right room has chamfered beams and a heavy wooden lintel over the fireplace, with a former smoking chamber recess to the right. The wide entrance hall features chamfered and stopped beams and mortices indicating the former location of screens. The front left room has a very wide timber lintel over the fireplace. A 19th-century straight staircase leads to the first floor. There is a door with a chamfered and stopped frame and cambered head, and a circular recess at the rear, suggesting the site of a former staircase.