Whitehouse Farmhouse and Cider Cottage

Farmhouse. Dating largely to the 17th century, with later alterations, the farmhouse is constructed of rubble with stone dressings, and has a pantiled roof with brick and rubble gable stacks and a ridge stack. Originally a through-passage plan, the front elevation now faces south, consisting of two storeys and five windows. The ground floor has five wooden cross windows to the right, one a 20th-century replacement, and a three-light fixed window with chamfered mullions and iron stanchions to the left. A 20th-century porch and door are also present. The first floor has three cross windows with 20th-century glazing to the right, and leaded top lights and two 20th-century windows to the left. A single-storey, three-bay wing adjoins the left side, featuring a roof with a tie-beam, collar, upper collar, two rows of purlins, and plated yoke. The right return of this wing has a small fixed light in the gable. The rear elevation has a catslide roof with a rear extension over what was formerly a roofed area supported by piers. Features include roof-lights, a two-pane fixed light, and two 20th-century doors.

Inside, a plank and batten door with studs, strap hinges, and loops for a draw-bar, is set within a moulded frame at the rear of the passage. Other interior elements include a bread oven, a copper, a pump with a bowl, and deep chamfered beams with a chamfered lintel to the fireplace in the former dairy. Ground floor rooms feature plank and batten doors, chamfered and scroll-stopped beams, and window shutters with strap hinges. A front centre room has cupboards flanking the fireplace. A winder stair leads to the first floor, which has two rooms divided by oak panelling. A central room has a large cupboard with a plank and batten door and fine strap hinges set into the panelling, along with a decorative open ventilation panel with pierced hearts to each side and heart tops to the latches. The attic stair is marked with the words "CHEESE ROOM" painted on the door. The roof to the east of the ridge stack has five bays with two rows of purlins, a ridge purlin and plated yoke to the principal rafters. A small, unglazed window with shutters and iron stanchions on either side of the stack indicates that the west end of the house was formerly single-storey. No oak panelling is present at the west end of the first floor.