Blake Rigg

A farmhouse, now a dwelling, was built in the late 17th or early 18th century and extended at an early date. It was subsequently altered and renovated in the late 20th century. The farmhouse is constructed of roughly shaped rubble stone with quoins, and has a stone slate roof. The original main range was likely a single unit, aligned north-south facing west, and has been extended to the south, creating two wide units. A full-height rear outshut projects from the north half of the main range, extending further at its north end.

The exterior has two storeys and four windows, with a fourth window that is small. The ground floor has a rebuilt gabled porch, which is offset to the left and shelters a partly glazed door. There is an eight-pane sash window to the left of the porch, a small square six-pane sash window to the right, and a small two-light, chamfered flush mullion window near the southern end. The upper floor has three square six-pane sashes aligned centrally above the porch, and a small one-light window above the mullioned window on the ground floor. All the sash windows appear to have renewed joinery. A corbelled chimney is located at the north gable, and a large extruded chimney stack with offsets stands at the south gable. The north gable wall has a rectangular extrusion at ground floor level, which may have been a bread oven. The outshut projecting to the rear has a doorway in its front wall and a two-light chamfered flush mullion window on each floor of its end wall, while the rear wall has a similar two-light window at the first floor. The south re-entrant of the outshut has another doorway. The rear of the main range has a small, blocked one-light window close to the angle with the outshut, a square six-pane sash window next to this, a small square two-light window near the south end and another six-pane sash window above this.

Inside, a thick, full-height stone partition wall is located to the right of the doorway. The house part to the left contains two large lateral beams, with the beam on the left being the original smokehood bressumer, complete with original bearers. A large, rectangular fireplace with a deep lintel also features, inscribed with the cursive script "I. & J. Capstick the 29 Day of Augt. 1786". The long room to the south appears to have been renovated. The outshut contains a 20th-century quarter-turn stone staircase and pantries with stone shelves.

The farmhouse is likely a further example of a former one-unit, two-storey farmhouse typical of the area in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It forms a group with a barn approximately 5 metres to the north-east.