Guides Farmhouse And Attached Farm Buildings

Guides Farmhouse and the attached farm buildings date from the mid or late 17th century, with additions and alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The farmhouse is finished in painted roughcast, while the barn features exposed limestone rubble, and there is a single-storey range made of painted rubble and brick. The roofs are covered with slate.

The complex consists of a house to the north and a taller bank barn to the south, which has its main upper doorway on the west side. There is also a single-storey range that projects towards the east from the junction of the house and barn. The house has a three-cell plan and stands two storeys plus an attic high. The windows have plain reveals and projecting sills, with most being sash windows. On the ground floor, there are three windows, including a middle window with paired sashes, and five windows on the first floor. The attic features one casement window situated between two blind recesses. To the right of the first window is a door with plain reveals, and to the left of the right-hand window is a second door with plain reveals that has a flat stone hood supported by brackets. There are chimneys on the right-hand gable and to the left of the second doorway.

The north wall of the single-storey range has two doorways and a chimney on the ridge. The barn includes openings with plain reveals and rough stone arches. At the lower level, there are two shippon doorways, a central cart store doorway, and a small window on the left. The upper level features a central threshing door.

Inside, the central room on the ground floor has two main ceiling beams with sunken quadrant mouldings; the right-hand beam originally served as a firehood bressumer. This room is separated from the southern room by a stone partition wall. The rear staircase is reportedly made of stone but is now covered with timber. The house serves as the residence of the official guide for the oversands route.