Low Branthwaites

Low Branthwaites is a farmhouse with attached barns, dating probably from the early to mid-18th century. It has been enlarged, altered, and recently remodelled. The building is constructed of roughly coursed sandstone rubble, with some through-stones, painted white except for the barn at the south end, which is slobbered. The roof is of stone slate, with blue slate in the upper half.

The original plan was a single-depth, one-unit layout on a north-south axis facing west, with a wide rear wing (likely an early addition) and former barns attached at both ends. The west-facing front of the house has a 20th-century rubble and part-glazed gabled porch to the left, two 2-light casement windows to the right with plain painted black surrounds, and two similar, but more widely spaced, windows above. A cut-down ridge chimney is located at the junction with the barn to the right. The barn to the left, now incorporated into the house, has a small square window at ground floor and three rectangular windows above, likely inserted later. The barn to the right exhibits an asymmetrical segmental-headed doorway with rubble voussoirs (formerly a wagon doorway), a square-headed doorway in the centre, and a small and a large oblong window.

The rear wing has a broad gable with a square 2-light mullioned stair-window to the left, a rectangular window to the right with altered glazing, a square 2-light casement above this (all with stone slate drip-bands), and a gable chimney. A lean-to addition is attached to the north side. The north barn has a former wagon doorway with an inserted glazed screen.

The interior features roughly finished beams, a 19th-century plank partition at the junction with the barn to the right, one 18th-century collar truss in the main house, and a similar truss in each of the former barns. Otherwise, the interior has been altered.