Farmhouse At Whygill Head (Known As Low Whygill) And Adj Barn

The farmhouse at Whygill Head, also known as Low Whygill, and the adjacent barn were built at different levels down a hillside, with construction dating from 1749 and later. The buildings are made of coursed, squared rubble with widely jointed stones and feature quoins. The lower section has a corrugated iron roof and includes a cross-passage with 20th-century garage doors on the left, which replaced a byre. Above the doors is a panel that is initialled and dated 1749. Access to the hay-loft is provided by steps at the rear.

The main house may have originally been a gable-entry plan to which the cross-passage was added. It features two rows of projecting through-stones and a graduated slate roof with stone end chimneys. There is a single 20th-century window on either side of a part-blocked central two-light stone mullioned window, along with two 20th-century windows on the first floor. At the rear, there is a single 20th-century casement window, a three-light stone mullioned window, and a blocked single-light window, with two more 20th-century casements on the first floor.

Up the slope, there is a byre with a hay-loft beneath a corrugated iron roof, and the range ends with a lower hay-loft under a separate corrugated iron roof.