Northwick House Farmhouse With Attached Barn And Dairy Range

The farmhouse, with an attached barn and dairy range, dates to 1707, as indicated by the inscription "WHM 1707" in the central gable, with a later addition dated 1792 ("LHM 1792") on the south block, and subsequent 19th-century and later alterations. The building is constructed of roughly coursed rubble with brick and stone dressings, featuring a triple roll tiled roof and gable stacks with octagonal chimneys and crestings. The rear block has a slate roof, while the barn and dairy have pantiled roofs. The original layout was a three-room plan, with a through passage, and the barn and dairy form an L-shaped arrangement.

The two-and-a-half storey, three-window, three-gabled main house has a gabled porch with a four-panelled door on the right-hand bay. Above this is a stone cross-window with an entablature. There are two similar windows at the first floor and two in the gable. Oval bull's-eye windows are set within stone surrounds with cornices, topped with ball finials. A straight joint marks the porch’s division from the rest of the facade. The left-hand bay features a six-light stone mullion and transom window with a hood mould and stops; the first floor has a similar cross window with a matching hood mould. A trefoil, set within a square, chamfered surround, is present in the gable, also topped with a ball finial. A low, one-and-a-half storey wing is attached to the right, with a small gable, a slit window in a stone surround, and a buttress at the side. The left return displays a brick flue and two first-floor sashes with intersecting glazing bars in the upper half. A 20th-century conservatory is also present, and a straight joint marks the division between the two sashes.. The rear elevation includes an irregular arrangement of windows, including a ground-floor sash with eight panes in the lower half and intersecting glazing bars in the upper half, and another 16-pane sash above with a gauged brick flat head and surround. Ground and first floor windows to the left are 16-pane boxed sashes with cambered heads. A two-storey block connects the house to the barn and dairy, featuring a boxed sash at the first floor facing north.

The three-bay barn has a cart entry, two windows, and a door, all with timber lintels. A blocked loading door is located in the gable end, and a catslide roof slopes to the north. The dairy has a plank and batten door with a glass insertion and a timber lintel, along with a two-light fixed window above. An external stone stair leads to a trellis porch with a door leading to a former cheese-loft. The interior has not been inspected.