Ford House

Ford House is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating from the first half of the 18th century and altered in the 20th century. It features whitewashed stone rubble walls and a gable-ended asbestos slate roof. There are two brick stacks: one at the rear lateral and one at the right gable-end, along with a low brick stack at the left end of the rear outshut.

The original plan consisted of a three-room-and-through-passage layout, with an apparently integral two-storey rear outshut. The lower room on the right is heated by a fireplace in the end wall, the central room by a fireplace on the rear wall, and there is an unheated room beyond. The rear outshut contains a staircase immediately behind the passage, with a back kitchen to its right and a pantry and dairy to the left. In the 20th century, the partition between the central and left-hand front rooms was removed.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical four-window front. The first floor features hornless 16-pane sashes, while the ground floor has similar 24-pane sashes to the left of centre and to the right, along with a 12-pane sash to the left. These windows are set flush with the outside wall in the 18th-century manner but may be 19th-century replicas of earlier windows. Towards the right-hand end, there is an early 20th-century part-glazed door beneath a 19th-century gabled slate doorhood. The outshut extends nearly the full length of the rear elevation.

Inside, the right-hand front room has rough cross beams and a fireplace with a brick arch, along with a built-in elm bench along the front wall under the window. The 18th-century closed string dog-leg stairs feature square capped newels with turned balusters and a simply moulded deep handrail. On the first floor, there are two 2-panel 18th-century doors. The roof is of simple A-frame construction. This house is an interesting example of 18th-century architecture, showcasing a transitional style with a three-room and through-passage front range typical of 17th-century design, while incorporating stairs and narrow service rooms in the rear outshut. It retains a traditional facade.