Oldfield Farm

Oldfield Farm is a farmhouse and attached cottage dating back to the 17th century, with later 19th-century alterations and additions. It is constructed of coursed rubble gritstone with ashlar dressings, featuring coped gables with moulded kneelers on the east range. The roofs are stone slates, with two substantial stone ridge stacks.

The building's plan forms an elongated L-shape, with an asymmetrically roofed addition to the west end. The front (south) elevation has a 17th-century range to the east, characterised by two advanced gables of different widths. The narrower western gable has an original doorway, now infilled with a 20th-century two-light window set within a quoined surround and beneath a massive lintel with a hood mould. Above this window is a recessed two-light chamfered mullioned window and a blocked attic light with a 17th-century surround and drip moulding. A 20th-century lean-to porch is positioned to the left. A stone spout drains the roof valley between the gables. The wider eastern gable has a single-light window and a three-light mullioned window with a hood mould extending to the left, linking with the window above the blocked doorway. Above the window, there's a first-floor two-light window with a hood mould, and a blocked 17th-century single-light window in the gable apex. A two-bay range, representing a remodelling and extension of a 17th-century crosswing, is set at a right angle. This section has stacked three-light windows with 20th-century casements.

The east side elevation reveals a four-light mullioned window beneath a hood mould, alongside a three-light and a two-light window to the first floor, each lighting separate rooms. The rear (north) elevation has a coped gable to the east end, with a ground-floor four-light mullioned window, a two-light mullioned window to the first floor, and a blocked single-light opening in the gable apex. Further along, there are 19th-century window openings now fitted with 20th-century casements, and a longer roof slope to the right of the stack line. The return elevation presents 19th-century window openings and a 20th-century lean-to porch.

The interior was not inspected. Despite the 19th-century alterations, the farmhouse retains characteristics of the upland Pennine vernacular of north-west Derbyshire. The use of thin, fissile walling stone suggests an early 17th-century date, and the location of the two-storey porch suggests a L-plan house that was later extended.