New House

New House is a farmhouse with an attached byre, dating from the mid to late 17th century, with alterations from the 18th century. It is constructed of gritstone rubble and has a graduated stone slate roof. The building is two stories high and has two bays, featuring a rear outshut and a central single-storey porch. The byre is located to the left of the house.

The house has a board door leading into the gabled porch, which has quoined jambs and a plain lintel. To the left of the porch, there is a 3-light flat-faced mullion window, although one mullion has been removed. To the right, there is a large opening with a 4-pane sash window that has a moulded lintel. On the first floor, there are two 2-light recessed chamfered mullion windows.

The byre features a board door with a ventilation grille to the right, set in an alternate quoined surround, with a lintel that has a shallow triangular head under a straight chamfer. There is also a loading door with a plain sill and lintel on the first floor at the far left, and a small recessed chamfered window with a 4-pane frame located in the centre of the ground floor.

A straight joint with quoins at first floor height separates the house from the byre. The building has gable copings and end stacks, with the left stack positioned just outside the line of the quoins. At the rear, there are 2-light recessed chamfered mullion windows in the outshut.

The interior has not been inspected in detail during the resurvey. However, it is noted that the living room to the left of the porch contains a large fireplace with a plain 18th-century stone surround and a 19th-century cast-iron range. The stack for this fireplace is external and projects into the barn. The house is a good example of a 17th-century vernacular building that has seen little alteration. It likely originally had a hearth-passage plan, with the door (now leading to the byre) opening into an unheated room. The porch entrance appears to be an addition, suggesting an early 18th-century alteration that coincides with the fireplace installation and the partition wall between the house and byre. The quoins between these two elements are only present at the first floor, indicating that the original house was single storey. The tile loading door on the first floor is also in the style of the 18th century. The house bears a strong resemblance to Middle House.