Baxters Fold

Baxter's Fold is a house and attached barn located on Main Street in Cracoe. It dates from the mid to late 17th century, with some alterations made in the 18th century. The building is constructed of coursed squared gritstone rubble and has a graduated stone slate roof.

The house is two stories high with two bays, while the barn to the right has three bays and features quoins. The house has 20th-century glazed doors on both sides; the left door is set in a chamfered quoined surround with a shallow triangular doorhead, and the right door has a projecting plain stone surround with a pitched-stone triangular pediment. On the ground floor, there are two paired 4-pane sash windows in plain surrounds, and on the first floor, there are smaller paired sashes in 2-light flat-faced mullion windows. The house has end stacks.

The barn features end byre doors in chamfered quoined surrounds, with the left door having a basket-arched doorhead and the right door a shallow triangular doorhead. There are board doors for the cart entrance located right of centre, with quoined jambs and a flat arch. Additionally, there are three vents under the eaves, with the central vent having a round head.

The house was reportedly divided into two cottages in the 18th century. Although the interior was not seen during the resurvey, it is said to contain a 17th-century fireplace on the left with a keystone and flanking stones designed to imitate joggled voussoirs. The ceiling beams above this fireplace have scarfed joints, indicating an earlier timber firehood.