Lower Flydon Farmhouse

Lower Flydon Farmhouse is a farmhouse, originally dating to the mid-17th century, and substantially enlarged in the mid to late 19th century. The original section is constructed of coursed stone rubble at ground floor level, with rendered cob above and a gable-ended corrugated-asbestos roof, likely formerly thatched. A 17th-century stone square stack stands to the left, with the upper portion rebuilt in 19th-century red brick. A further addition of uncoursed stone rubble with red-brick dressings and a slate roof (now partially covered with bitumen) was added in the 19th century; this section is gable-ended to the right and hipped to the left. It has brick stacks and a truncated external stone end stack to the left.

The original farmhouse was a two-room plan, facing south-east, with the ground sloping to the left. It originally had end stacks, integral to the right and external to the left, with the left-hand room being larger. A significant addition was built to the left, projecting forward, comprising two rooms divided by a stack, an entrance and staircase hall to the right (a kitchen to the left), a passage to the rear, and a lean-to addition at the rear of the original 17th-century portion.

The original 17th-century range has a slightly set-back front wall to the left and contains two first-and ground-floor windows in the centre, all with late 20th-century two-light wooden casements. A small ground-floor fire window to the left has a 19th-century two-light wooden casement. A 20th-century four-panelled half-glazed door is located to the right, with a late 20th-century lean-to porch. A straight joint between the ground-floor windows suggests a possible former doorway. The 19th-century addition has a four-bay front with mostly top-hung late 20th-century casements in 19th-century openings, featuring brick jambs and flat-arched heads. A 19th-century six-panelled door is found in a recessed porch to the right, incorporating three beaded-flush lower panels, three recessed upper panels, and a margin-light rectangular overlight. A two-storey lean-to extends at the rear.

The interior of the 17th-century range reveals a right-hand ground-floor room (currently the kitchen) with a chamfered cross beam featuring stepped stops. An open stone fireplace is located to the right, with a blocked bread oven and a chamfered wooden lintel with north scroll stops. A 17th-century winder staircase, partly rebuilt, is situated at the rear of the stack. A seat in front of the window of the left-hand ground-floor room has a deep-chamfered spine beam and hall beams, also with stepped runout stops. An old boarded door with strap hinges is found in a cupboard to the left of the fireplace. The roof is a two-bay 17th-century structure with pairs of roughly-chamfered purlins. The interior of the 19th-century addition retains largely complete fixtures and fittings, including a staircase with stick balusters and a turned foot newel post, and a blocked fireplace in the kitchen with a wooden lintel.