Red House

Red House is likely a farmhouse, originally a longhouse with one end rebuilt as a more substantial dwelling. The core of the building probably dates to the late 17th century with a significant rebuilding in 1748, evidenced by the initials "FF" on the door lintel. It is constructed of herring-bone-tooled sandstone, with the earlier right-hand section featuring rougher stonework, and has pantiled roofs with stone ridge tiles, copings, kneelers, and chimneys. The building has a linear plan.

The main part of the house is two storeys high and three bays wide. It has a chamfered plinth and a 20th-century door beneath a heavy lintel inscribed with "1748 FF" on the keystone. A sundial is set within a raised, bolection-moulded panel above the door, which is approached by three steps. Flanking the door are four-pane sash windows with extended keyed lintels and projecting cills; similar windows are on the first floor. Corniced end chimneys and moulded kneelers are present. The older right-hand section is of two lower storeys and two wide bays, the right bay being an outhouse extension. A cross-passage door features chamfered alternating-block jambs and a heavy lintel on the left return. A low eight-pane sash is to the right of the door, with a six-pane sash above. The outhouse extension has a double cart door and a small fixed light. A central square stack is visible with a cornice band.

The left return shows a small, modern attic window. The rear elevation of the main house has three bays, with a stair window in an alternating-block surround and extended lintel, bearing the initials FMC on the keystone. The ground floor has one three-light Yorkshire sash and a twelve-pane sash; the first floor has two six-pane sashes, all with projecting cills and keystones. The rear wall of the lower part is blank.

The interior retains good woodwork, including panelled doors, window shutters and cupboards. The parlour has an old stone fireplace with a damaged deep lintel, and a round-arched cupboard in the rear wall with fluted pilasters, an archivolt with a moulded key, raised spandrel panels, a top cornice, shaped shelves inside, and a domed roof. The old kitchen has a firebeam with a deep moulded and dentilled cornice, and salt and spice cupboards within an inglenook. The closed-string staircase features turned balusters with square knops, a slightly rounded grip handrail, a square landing newel, and a turned bottom newel with bun finials. Upstairs, there are two further panelled cupboards. The roof structure includes collar-and-tie-beam trusses; the purlins are stout, re-used timbers, possibly dating to the late medieval period. Principal rafters meet the walls approximately 3 feet below eaves level, indicating earlier collars. Purlins are pushed outwards and rest on small spurs, creating a shallower pitch for the common rafters, demonstrating a roof raising, likely during the 1748 renovation, while leaving the principals in their original position. While internal doors have been replaced, the cross-passage door position suggests the upper end of the house was rebuilt.