Miresyke Farmhouse And Barn Adjoining

Miresyke Farmhouse and the adjoining barn are located in Loweswater and date internally to 1691, with alterations from the 18th and 19th centuries. The farmhouse features roughcast walls and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof, complete with roughcast chimney stacks. The barn, which is adjacent, has incised render and a corrugated-iron roof.

The farmhouse is two storeys tall and consists of three bays, with the barn positioned lower to the right. A cross passage separates the two structures and includes a panelled door set within a 19th-century rendered porch. This porch partly obscures a weathered lintel that is dated and inscribed, possibly reading "M 1710". The farmhouse has sash windows framed in 19th-century painted stone surrounds. The barn features 20th-century ground-floor casement windows and slit vents on three levels.

At the rear of the farmhouse, there are outshuts that include early 18th-century flat stone-mullioned windows. The rear of the barn has an outshut with an upper-floor granary doorway that has been boarded over, giving it the appearance of a spinning gallery.

Inside the farmhouse, there is an inglenook and a heck partition supported by a fluted pilaster from the 18th century. The interior also includes recesses for a salt and spice cupboard flanking a moulded stone fireplace that is dated and inscribed "IM 1691". The ceiling beams are boxed in, and there is a built-in panelled court cupboard dated and inscribed "I. & I.M. 1691". Throughout the house, there are panelled doors, with those leading to the bedrooms featuring painted friezes. One door depicts a huntsman and hounds chasing a deer, while another is inscribed with the names John & Mary Mirehouse and the year 1726.