Meadow Bank Farmhouse

Meadow Bank Farmhouse is a building that likely started as two houses and later became a single farmhouse, now serving as a private residence. It is dated and inscribed above the entrance with "1666 I.L. D.L." (indicating John and Dorothy Losh) and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The structure features clay walls set on a projecting stone plinth, which have been repaired with red sandstone and are supported by three stone buttresses, all of which are whitewashed. The roof is made of corrugated iron over wheat-straw thatch on turf, with eaves boarding and brick chimney stacks.

The farmhouse has a longhouse plan and is a single storey with a loft, consisting of four bays with a former byre to the left, all under a common roof. The entrance features a cross-passage with a chamfered surround under an inscribed Tudor arch. There are two 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars, a small plain stair window, and two small attic windows above. Additionally, there is a small 19th-century casement window to the extreme right and another plank door in a wooden surround beyond that.

A stone shippon, with a sandstone slate roof, projects from the former byre on the left and includes a stone mounting block on the right side. The rear wall is rendered and has a corresponding cross-passage door, along with a small fire window in a chamfered surround to the left. A central stone outshut under a Welsh slate roof has 20th-century windows. The former byre features a 20th-century steel casement window in a partly-chamfered enlarged surround.

Inside, there is a pair of full crucks, an inglenook with a firebeam and stone heck, along with associated spice and salt cupboard recesses. The ceilings are beamed. The lintel of one window is a reused piece of a carved cupboard inscribed and dated "A.C. 1623." The two end bays on the right have one internally blocked fire window and 17th-century pegged purlins that have been exposed due to the removal of plaster ceilings. A central stone staircase is likely from the 18th century. This farmhouse is a rare dated example of its type.