Well Head House, Well Head

This is a house, now subdivided, situated in Great Urswick, dating back to at least 1658, as indicated by a lintel inscription. The building is constructed of roughcast stone with a slate roof and has an L-shaped plan, arranged over two storeys with an attic.

The south-east elevation, with four bays, has two windows on the ground floor. These are single-chamfered-mullioned windows of two lights, with label moulds; the second window was originally of four lights. The first floor has a small square light, a casement window, a two-light window, and a window in a chamfered opening. A lean-to porch is present. Gable-end stacks are visible, the one on the left having two rounded shafts, and a 20th-century raking dormer has been added.

The right return has a hipped roof with a gablet. The north-east elevation shows that the eaves to the third bay are raised. The ground floor features a three-light window with a dripstone, a square window with a label, and a window originally of four lights, one of which is blocked, with a missing mullion and a label. On the first floor, there is a narrow light and a three-light window, also with a missing mullion, alongside a 20th-century flat-topped dormer. Three windows and a stack are visible on the north-west gable end.

The north-west elevation has entrances with chamfered reveals and a dated lintel, a two-light window, and a blocked opening above. The adjacent south-west elevation features a three-light window with a label, a two-light window with a missing mullion above, and a flat-topped 20th-century dormer, in addition to an entrance with a labelled lintel.

Internally, alterations have been made, but a stop-chamfered beam remains. Originally, the house featured a court cupboard dated 1688, which was removed in 1988.