Castlerigg Hall Farmhouse

Castlerigg Hall Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with a mid-17th century extension. It features painted roughcast walls, partly resting on a large boulder plinth, and has a graduated greenslate roof. The roof is topped by a large square stone chimney stack from the 17th century, along with two smaller original chimney stacks on the extension. The building is two storeys high and consists of four bays, with a lower right-angled four-bay extension at the left rear.

The oldest part of the farmhouse, which faces the road, has Yorkshire sash windows with glazing bars and a small central upper-floor firewindow, all set in plain reveals. The rear of the building has small, irregularly spaced 20th-century windows in plain reveals. The extension features a boarded door in a plain opening and casement windows, some with fixed panes, above a larger ground-floor Yorkshire sash window. There is also a smaller upper-floor right firewindow.

Inside the oldest part, there are two blocked inglenooks on either side of the large central chimney stack. The interior of the extension has a beamed ground-floor ceiling, an inglenook with a firebeam, and a heck partition. A spice-cupboard door dated 1648 was removed from the extension inglenook due to its rotten condition. The farmhouse was known as How Place in the 1640s, according to deeds held by the owner, and it is the ancestral home of the Wren family. The further courtyard extension and adjoining barn are not of interest.