Green Close Farmhouse

Green Close Farmhouse is a mid-19th century laithe house. It features coursed squared sandstone on the gable front, with random rubble on the other sides, and has a composite tile roof with a central stone stack. The building is a double-pile house with a rectangular plan, standing two stories high and having a symmetric three-bay gable front adorned with plain barge boards. The windows are 20th-century, top-opening, 16-pane wooden casements set under plain lintels. A 20th-century stone and timber porch conceals a glass door. There is a cart entrance on the right side and doors leading into two shippons with a central feeding passage at the rear. Square pitch-holes provide access to the loft over the byre on the right side and at the rear. All openings are framed with plain stone surrounds. This farmhouse is a late example of a laithe house and features an unusual ground plan.