Low Beckside Farmhouse And Attached Peat House And Barn

A late 17th-century farmhouse, extended in the 19th century and subsequently altered, with an attached peat house and barn. The farmhouse is built of cement-washed rubble with quoins, and has a graduated blue slate roof with stone riggings and stone gable coping to the right. It has a single-depth, two-unit plan along a north-south axis, facing east, with a continuous addition to the rear; the peat house and barn are attached to the south end.

The exterior is of two low storeys, with two windows arranged almost symmetrically. A single-storey, gabled porch, added in front of the central doorway, has a square-headed outer opening, a splayed peep-hole and stone side benches. The porch protects a Tudor-arched doorway with a double-layered plank door. To the left of the porch is a small square four-pane sash window, and to the right a large square three-light window (from the early 20th century). Above these, at the first floor, are two square 16-pane hornless sashes, with two smaller, blocked windows above, one offset to the right of the porch and the other to the right of the second window. These blocked windows have wooden lintels. A square recess suggests a former datestone location. A ridge chimney is situated at the junction to the left, and a gable chimney to the right. A 19th-century addition is set to the rear. The peat house continues to the left, and a small barn is attached to this.

Inside, a stone lateral partition wall is located to the left of the doorway. Built into this wall is a carved court cupboard bearing the initials "I F" and the date 1683. A 19th-century panelled partition divides the house, and the housepart to the right has two roughly-chamfered lateral beams spaced approximately 2 metres apart; the beam on the right has a pair of gun-rings, and the beam to the left has fitted shelves on both sides. A spice cupboard is situated to the right of the chimney breast, and within the front wall to the right of this is a 19th-century cupboard built into a former fire-window opening. Bacon-hooks are visible in the ceiling.