Gilthwaiterigg

Gilthwaiterigg is a house dating from the early 16th century, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed of slobbered rubble with quoins and partly wet-dashed surfaces, topped with graduated slate roofs that feature outshuts added to the rear and ball finials on the gables. The house has a large, original, stepped, rendered chimney located to the right of the center, along with other end chimneys. There are two gabled dormers and the structure consists of a hall with cross-wings, spanning two storeys and five bays overall (1:3:1).

The gabled central porch is topped with a squirrel finial and features a door on the west side. To the left of the porch is a part-glazed door and window, with two additional windows to the right, all under a continuous hoodmould. The segment-headed dormer windows and all hall windows are 19th-century casements. Each floor of both wings contains a single stone-mullioned window with two trefoil-headed lights under hoodmoulds with labels, although the windows in the west wing are blocked by an internal flue. The west return has 19th- and 20th-century fenestration.

Inside, the ground floor passage at the rear retains an original chamfered, pointed wooden arch at the west end, leading to a curved stone stair on the right. A wide 18th-century stair with a half-landing ascends from the front left of the hall to the first-floor passage under the eaves at the rear. This stair features a closed string, turned balusters, square newels, and a moulded handrail. The west wing includes shaped, chamfered brackets supporting the trusses. The hall trusses have chamfered rafters and king posts, although the tie-beams and lower sections of the king posts are missing. Some original lath and plaster partitions remain. The plan-form and details of Gilthwaiterigg are related to Castle Dairy on Wildman Street, which was owned by the Parr family.