Kirkhouse Farmhouse

Kirkhouse Farmhouse is a house built in the late 18th century, with alterations and additions made in the mid-19th century. It features rendered walls on a chamfered plinth and raised painted quoins, topped with a Welsh slate roof and early 20th-century brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays, with flanking single-storey wings that have hipped slate roofs. The main entrance is a top-glazed six-panel door, surrounded by an alternate block surround and a keyed entablature. There are canted bay windows on either side, each with two-pane sash windows. The upper floor has sash windows with glazing bars, which are framed by plain painted stone surrounds. The rear wall includes a round-arched staircase window with intersecting glazing bars. The end wall of the right extension features a Victorian wall letter-box. This house served as the residence of James Thompson, the colliery agent for the Earl of Carlisle's collieries, who later became the lessee of the collieries. The listing does not include the adjoining farm buildings.