Mitton Farmhouse

A large detached farmhouse, likely dating to 1653, as indicated by the inscription on a fireback, with alterations made in the 20th century. The house is constructed of English bond brickwork with some stone facing and has stone slate roofs, with concrete replacements on the north wing, but the original inner roof slopes are tiled. The original layout was a two-room cross-passage L-plan, but a wing was added to the north end, creating a U-plan. The north wing may incorporate earlier stonework visible in the gable wall.

The two-story house with a basement and attic has 4-light, multi-pane casement windows, with transoms on the ground floor, set within wide splayed brick voussoirs; these are largely 20th-century replacements. The main west front is four-windowed, with blank recesses on each floor at the ends, and a central 20th-century brick porch over a 19th-century door. A three-course string course, with a molded bottom course that steps up at the blank panels, runs along the front. The eaves are modillion, returning to the original L-plan. The south return is similar to the front, but without a central door. The left return has one window, flanked by blank recesses, and a set-back gabled section with two 2-light gabled dormers above three 3-light windows, alternating with blank recesses and brick string – all mirroring the detailing of the main facade. The south return has tumbled splayed voussoirs at the centre. The rear left gable is hipped over one bay with a casement window above French doors. The north wing is gabled with a ground floor built of large squared coursed limestone, featuring two 2-light casement windows with segmental heads. A further door and various windows are set into a recessed central section. There are two large brick stacks, one with five connected flues and another with two.

The interior retains the remains of the original two rooms, with only nibs of the passage wall remaining. The right-hand room has 17th-century panelling on three walls, stripped pine 18th-century shutters, a large central transverse beam and one lateral beam. The left-hand room has a fine stone Jacobean-style fireplace and overmantel with strapwork, flanking figures, and three figures in the overmantel. The fireback bears the inscription '1653 TLC'. Three heavy stopped-chamfer transverse beams with run-out stops are visible above the fireplace. Shutters are similar to those in the right room. A large room in the south wing has an imported 18th-century moulded wood fire surround and a two-compartment ceiling with moulded cornice and frieze. Two basement rooms are connected by a brick tunnel vault with stone floors.