Stonehouse And Adjoining Outbuilding

This is a stone house with an adjoining barn, now used as a garage. The main part of the house dates to 1706, as indicated by the inscription above a repositioned entrance, which is part of a later extension dated 1760. The initials W. & J: (or T). S. (Stordy) are also inscribed. The front facade is of limestone ashlar, set upon a chamfered red sandstone plinth with raised V-jointed quoins. The extension has a similar appearance. The end walls are constructed of English garden wall bond brickwork. The roof is covered with Welsh slate, with lower courses of sandstone slates, and includes 20th-century brick chimney stacks.

The original building was five bays wide, but now has three bays, with a two-bay extension incorporated under a common roof. The former barn is to the right, with a lower roof line. The original entrance, likely located between the first and second windows from the left, has been incorporated into the later extension. The house has four-pane casement windows within stone architraves. There is a blocked window above the relocated entrance, and blocked "fire windows" on both floors at the extreme right of the original section.

The extension features a four-panel door within a quoined surround, topped by a segmental arch with a keyed entablature, the date and inscription clearly visible. The extension also has a sash window with glazing bars on the ground floor and three-pane sash windows above, all within stone architraves to match the original house. A foot-scraper is located to the right of the entrance, and a sun firemark is positioned below the gutter on the left.

The principal room within the original house contains a stone fireplace inscribed with the words “HERE WE RESIDE, OUR NEXT REMOVE SHALL BE FROM TOILSOME TIME TO VAST ETERNITY," along with the initials W. & T.S. The former barn has whitewashed clay walls and a sandstone slate roof; a photograph from around 1900 shows a thatched roof and higher walls. The former cart entrance has plank doors.

Historically, Prince Charles Edward Stuart stayed at the house for one night in November 1745 before advancing on Carlisle. The Stordy family, who were Quakers, resided in the village during the reign of Charles II.