High House

High House is a farmhouse dated 1687, located in Gawthrop. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, while the porch and rear wall are white-washed. The building features a stone slate roof and has a single-depth, three-unit plan oriented on a north-south axis, facing east.

The exterior consists of two storeys with six windows arranged in a 4:2 grouping. A large single-storey gabled porch is situated between the first and second windows, featuring a shallow segmental-headed outer doorway and a double-layered inner door adorned with pegs and strap hinges. Both floors are fitted with mullioned windows that have chamfered surrounds and mullions, as well as small round-headed 1-light windows. The ground floor windows are topped with stone slate hoodmoulds, with the 3-light and 1-light windows linked. To the left of the porch, there is a 2-light window on each floor, while to the right, there are three windows on the first floor (with the left light of the first blocked), and a 1-light window at ground floor, followed by a 1, 2, 1, 2, and 1 light arrangement above. The second 1-light window on the first floor has the inscription "C.G. AD 1687" on its head. A square chimney is located on the ridge slightly to the right of the fourth window, with gable chimneys at both ends. The rear of the house features a small lean-to porch at the north end, three small inserted windows at ground floor, and a narrow 4-pane fixed window in the centre of the four-window section.

Inside, the central bay of the housepart contains two lateral beams, one of which was formerly a smokehood bressumer. Historically, High House was the mid-17th century home of the Capstick family, who were Quakers, and the house served as a Quaker meeting house.