Low Stead Farmhouse And Attached Farm Buildings

Low Stead farmhouse and attached farm buildings consist of a farmhouse and byres, which are bastle houses dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century. The windows and doors have been altered in the 18th century and again in the mid-19th century. The byre to the right is from the early 19th century. The buildings are constructed of massive random rubble with dressed stone surrounds and feature Welsh slate roofs. The walls of the bastles are 4 feet thick. The house has three irregular bays with a plank door in the middle bay and diamond-paned iron casement windows, with the upper windows being smaller. The right window is the partly-blocked original upper door to the bastle. The house's walls were raised by about 2 feet in the 18th or 19th century. The left byre, likely an early extension to the original bastle, has a plank door and half-slatted windows on each floor, with the upper door accessed by an outside stone stair. The right byre features a central door with alternating jambs and two half-slatted windows on the first floor. There are later 18th-century single-storey extensions to the rear. The bastles have gabled roofs with flat copings and kneelers, along with two stone gable stacks. The interior includes old beams on the ground floor.