Tower Farmhouse

Tower Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely has origins from the late 17th century and was remodeled around 1843. It is constructed from plastered local stone rubble and brick, with some details in Beerstone and Hamstone. The stables are made of stone rubble and brick, featuring plastered brick chimney shafts, and the roof is slate. The building has an L-shaped plan and faces southeast. The main block is double depth with parallel roofs, containing two rooms with end stacks at the front. A staircase is located between the two rear rooms, and there may have been a passage connecting the front door to the stair, although the left-hand partition appears to have been removed. The left rear room also has an end stack. A service block, designed as a one-room plan, projects at a right angle from the rear of the right end. The farmhouse has been remodeled in a Tudor Gothic style and is two storeys high.

The exterior features a mid-19th century symmetrical front with three Beerstone mullioned windows, including ground floor windows with transoms. The outer windows are set in square-cornered projecting bays with flat roofs and moulded cornices. The central doorway, located behind a porch, has a Tudor outer arch with a hoodmould and a small badge directly above it, and it contains a 19th century door. There is a modillion eaves cornice, and the roof is hipped at both ends with splayed sprockets. The rear roof and the service block roof are also hipped. The rear of the building has mostly 19th century casement windows with glazing bars, but there is a Hamstone ovolo-moulded mullion window that may date back to the 17th century.

Inside, only a limited inspection was possible during the survey. However, the principal front rooms are lined with late 17th century bolection panelling, some of which has been rearranged in the mid-19th century. According to the owners, the rear part of the farmhouse is older than the front.