Stoneraise Farmhouse And Attached Outbuildings

This is a late 18th-century farmhouse with attached outbuildings, incorporating elements of an earlier house and remodelled in the early 19th century. The construction is primarily of random rubble sandstone, with ashlar red sandstone dressings on the main house, and rendered brick gable chimneys. The roofs are slate, with some stone slate eaves on the stable at the rear and barn offshut, and 20th-century sheeting to the barn and stable offshut.

The building is arranged in an 'L' shape, with a former barn to the west, set at a right angle to the house, and a former stable aligned east-west. The house is two storeys high and two bays wide, featuring a central doorway with a flush ashlar surround and a half-glazed door. Flanking the doorway are tall, six-over-six pane sash windows within flush ashlar surrounds. The rear elevation has a deeper roof slope over the service rooms and staircase, with tall stair windows on the upper floor, flanked by smaller windows of various patterns.

Inside, the house follows a one-and-a-half room depth plan, with a central entrance hall leading to a rear staircase and service rooms. Original features include grained 19th-century six-panel doors, a stick baluster staircase, a range to the scullery with a hearth-crane and bread oven, meat hooks and stone benches in the pantry, and a small cast iron hob grate in a bedroom.

The barn to the west has an advanced porch on the east elevation with full-height double doors. It features slit breathers to the west gable and rear wall. A connecting range links the barn to the north of the barn and west of the house. This range incorporates a doorway beneath a re-used lintol inscribed with "W.I.A. 1667". The former stable to the east has a wide vertically-boarded door with slit vents, an overloft door above, and a mounting block to the right.

Historical records indicate the farmstead possibly has 17th-century origins. Deeds show the farm became part of Lord Egremont’s estate, and the 19th-century remodelling and enlargement likely occurred during this period. There is a suggestion that part of the outbuilding range was used as a Quaker meeting house, though no physical evidence remains to support this. Stoneraise farm is a well-preserved example of a small-scale vernacular farmstead from the late 18th century, remodelled in the 19th century, retaining its original plan form, a representative range of outbuildings and a largely unaltered 19th-century interior.