Beckside House

The house at Beckside House dates to the 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble, plastered to the front and left return, with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The building is centrally planned with two storeys and an attic, originally comprising three bays. The front elevation features a base course, a ground-floor sill band, a modillioned cornice and a parapet, with quoins marking the corners. The windows are sash-style with ashlar surrounds, paired in the first and third bays, and with ovolo-moulded glazing bars. A dated lintel, reading "GTA/1767", appears above the central first-floor window. There are two flat-topped dormer windows with vertical glazing bars in the attic. The central entrance has a surround swept to the base, an egg-and-dart moulded architrave, a foliate frieze, a consoled modillioned pediment featuring a relief mask, and a nine-fielded-panel door with a leaded upper light. Gable-end stacks are present, along with coped gables and kneelers at the rear.

The left return showcases a three-light first-floor window with a chamfered opening and flat mullions. The attic on this side has small sashed windows with single glazing bars and horns. The entrance door has six fielded panels, one glazed, over a flush panel, and an enriched latch. The right return features a three-light flat-mullioned window to the ground floor, and a two-light window in a chamfered opening with a flat mullion on the first floor; the attic here has two casements. The rear elevation incorporates sashed windows and two-light windows to the first floor, with sashes to the ground floor. A tall stair window with small panes and a first-floor sashed window are also present.

Inside, the house retains cased beams. The hall is notable for its dentilled cornice and elliptical archway, incorporating a Gothick motif in the jambs and soffit. A room to the left includes dado panelling, modillioned cornices, and a richly decorated fireplace with an eared egg-and-dart architrave, foliate frieze, and consoled cornice. Opposite the fireplace is a cupboard featuring Corinthian pilasters, a pediment, and half-glazed doors with intersecting glazing bars. A room to the right has a dado rail and a plainer fireplace. Throughout the house are six-fielded-panel doors with H-L hinges and drop handles. The kitchen features a panelled heck partition, a brick fireplace, and a cupboard with fielded-panelled doors. The stair has columns on vase balusters, a ramped handrail wreathed at the base, square newels, and bolection-moulded soffits. On the first floor, two fireplaces similar to those on the ground floor are present, one with a late 18th century grate.