Biggerside Farmhouse

Biggleside Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating to 1690, with later alterations and additions. It is constructed of roughly coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, with some remains of whitewash, and has a stone slate roof. The building is arranged in a broad, irregular L-shape, consisting of a wide, single-depth two-unit main range aligned east-west, and a very wide rear wing.

The front facade has two storeys and four windows, arranged in a 1:3 grouping. A single-storey gabled porch is centrally positioned, featuring a dressed stone lintel (apparently re-set) with raised lettering “IBM” and a stylised figure to the left, and "1690" to the right. A semicircular step and pebble pavement with a quartered square pattern sit in front of the porch. The ground floor to the left has a six-pane hornless sash window, and to the right, a similar six-pane sash and a four-pane horned sash. The first floor has a two-light casement to the left, two similar casements to the right, and a narrow one-light window further right. Large square gable chimneys are present, with cylindrical shafts; the chimney to the left features a prominently extruded and stepped stack, and the chimney to the right is corbelled.

The broad gable of the rear wing features a blocked two-light mullioned stair-window at ground floor to the right, a partial course of through-stones above this, a square four-pane sashed window offset to the right of centre at first floor, and the corbelled base of a former apex chimney. A tall square chimney corbelled from the first floor, with two slate courses and a tall cylindrical shaft, is present to the left; its function is unknown.

Inside, the housepart to the right has boxed lateral beams and a large 18th-century rectangular stone fireplace with a massive lintel, carved in the centre (possibly a stylised tree) and with a dentilled cornice. It contains a later 19th-century oven-and-boiler range. The parlour to the left features a 18th-century fielded panel door with H-L hinges, an inserted stone partition wall parallel with the rear wall, and an 18th-century curved corner cupboard. The dog-legged staircase, entered by an 18th-century door matching that to the parlour, has a closed string and turned balusters; it was formerly lit by a blocked two-light mullioned window at the half-landing.

The farmhouse is a largely complete example of a larger Dales farmhouse, retaining its cylindrical chimney shafts and good interior features. Alterations have primarily affected the window glazing. It forms a group with a barn located approximately 10 metres to the southwest.