Finsthwaite House

Finsthwaite House is a house dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with alterations and a front range added in 1790. It is constructed of stone rubble with dressed stone dressings and features an M-shaped slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has five bays, with the central bay projecting forward. It has a top cornice and parapet, and quoins are present at the corners. The windows have dressed surrounds with incised numbers and some long stones, suggesting that the original finish was roughcast. The central first-floor window features a frieze and a consoled cornice, and all windows are sashed with glazing bars.

The entrance is marked by a Tuscan porch supported by paired columns and topped with a blocking course. An early 19th-century decorative cast iron balcony was removed in 1986. The entrance features a round-headed recess with angle pilasters, and the door is panelled with an elliptical shell fan above it. The house has gable-end stacks and a cross-axial stack. At the rear, there is a two-storey canted bay, and the entrance has a half-glazed panelled door with diagonal glazing bars. A rainwater head features a cherub and is dated 1763. There is a small extension with a bell turret at the right angle of the house. The left return has two windows with small-paned fixed glazing in the attic.

Inside, there is some plasterwork, including niches and architraves; one round-headed niche has an architrave and shaped shelves. The house features a dog-leg stair with stick balusters, as well as a dog-leg back stair with turned balusters, fluted square newels, and moulded handrails. A round panelled arch leads to the rear of the house, which contains a room with a large stone fireplace that has a corbelled lintel and a moulded opening, as well as a room with some fielded panelling. The first-floor room has a stone fireplace with a fluted key.