Basil Busk

This is a farmhouse and cottage, now combined into a single dwelling, dating primarily to the mid to later 17th century with a later build in the early 18th century (window lintel dated 1717). It has been altered over time. The building is constructed of coursed rubble with quoins, and has a stone slate roof. The plan is linear, arranged along an east-west axis facing south, consisting of three distinct units with two rear outshuts.

The exterior presents a symmetrical façade of six windows, grouped 2:2:2, with a vertical division between the second and third sections. The earliest section, at the eastern end, features a square-headed doorway offset to the left, set beneath a monolithic lintel. It has a 2-light casement window on either side and a 1-light fire-window to the right. Three 2-light mullioned windows are at first floor (all with renewed flat-faced mullions), and a large corbelled chimney stands at the gable. The central portion has a gabled porch to the left with a low, square-headed outer doorway, a square 10-pane sash window at ground floor, flanked by rectangular 6-pane fixed windows, and a pair of square 8-pane sash windows at first floor, slightly offset to the left. A large square chimney is positioned on the ridge at the junction with the eastern section. The western section has a stone slate drip-course, a square 6-pane window and a low, oblong 10-pane fixed window at ground floor, both with monolithic lintels; the latter is inscribed "G / L E / 1717". At first floor are two square 8-pane sash windows, the one to the right showing the lintel of a previously wider opening, mirroring the one below. A gable chimney with a triangular stone slate cap is located to the left. The rear of the building is partly built into the ground, with two outshuts having catslide roofs.

Internally, two very thick partition walls divide the interior, with a window at attic level between the centre and western portions. The eastern portion contains two lateral beams, the second previously a smokehood bressumer with original joists. A rebuilt stone staircase climbs the rear wall of this room. The western portion has a series of narrow lateral beams, and contains an 18th-century cupboard built into the rear wall. The east portion's roof features two trusses constructed from reused timbers.

Historically, the eastern portion was originally a single-unit, two-storey house, similar in style to Blands, Blea Beck, Roantree, and West Stonehouse, which provides a characteristic example of dwellings in this dale during the later 17th century.