Shepherds Cottage

Shepherds Cottage is a house dated 1635, with late 18th century to early 19th century raised eaves and reroofing. It is constructed from coursed gritstone rubble and features a graduated grey slate roof. The building has two storeys and three bays, with a two-storey porch located between the first and second bays, and a rear outshut. The cottage has quoins and a board door to the porch set in a sawn stone surround. Above the porch is a reset datestone with raised lettering that reads "MT 1635 MT". There is also a board door in the third bay.

The windows throughout the cottage are recessed and have chamfered mullions, with configurations of 4, 5, and 5 lights on the ground floor, and 3, 4, and 4 lights on the first floor, along with 2 lights in the porch's first floor and its right return. The building features stone gutter brackets, shaped kneelers, and gable coping on the main range, while the porch has a hipped roof. There are ridge stacks to the right of the porch and at the gables. Additionally, a reset datestone on the east wall of the porch bears the letters "W 164- S".

Although the house retains its 17th century plan, the reset dated lintels, tall ground-floor windows, and raised eaves give it proportions typical of the 18th or 19th century. The initials M.T. are believed to represent Matthew Towler and his wife, who were descendants of the Toller family that farmed Water Houses for the Fountains Abbey Estate at the time of the Dissolution.