Paradise

Paradise is a house and manufactory built in 1653, with alterations from the 18th century. It features rubble construction on a boulder plinth, with ashlar surrounds to its openings and a stone slate roof. The building has three storeys and an added rear outshut.

The house section consists of three bays. The central entrance has a 20th-century panelled door set within a 17th-century quoined surround, featuring recessed panels on the lintel inscribed with 'I F' and '1653'. To the left, there is a three-light chamfered-mullion window with a moulded surround that holds 8-pane casements. To the right of the door and on the upper floors, there are sash windows with glazing bars in plain surrounds. An additional bay on the right has a two-light flat-faced mullion window on each floor, containing small sashes.

The manufactory section on the left has a boarded door in a plain stone surround at the left corner, and a 20th-century boarded door in a hollow-chamfered stone surround at the right corner. The ground floor features 18th-century mullioned windows, including three two-light and one four-light window with casements. The first floor has two two-light, one three-light, and one single-light window, while the second floor includes three two-light and two three-light windows. The upper floors have side-sliding sashes.

The building has shaped kneelers and ashlar copings throughout, with chimney stacks located at both ends and one in the centre, with a chimney-breast projecting from the right return of the house. The right end of the outshut contains two cart-sheds, each with a segmental arch made of ashlar voussoirs and a keystone; one has double boarded doors while the other is blocked.

Inside, there are stone stairs in the rear outshut of the manufactory and 18th-century roof timbers. Paradise was a significant centre for the Swaledale knitting industry, originally owned by the Fryer family and later by the Parke family.