Castle Head

Castle Head is a large house, now serving as a field centre, built in the late 18th century for John Wilkinson, an iron master. The building underwent extensive remodeling and extensions in the late 19th century, with additional modifications made in the 20th century when it was used as a school. It features painted render with slate roofs.

The original structure has a rectangular plan with two parallel hipped roofs and stands three storeys high. Each of the three main facades has three window bays and includes a continuous timber verandah, which is partly glazed and partly slated. The windows are timber casements, with the outer bays featuring projecting sills, plain reveals, and segmental arches with keystones and chamfered voussoirs. The central window bays on the north and south facades are recessed, with wider timber casements on the first and second floors, and doorways on the ground floor. The east facade boasts a three-storey canted bay window. The verandah is supported by paired timber posts and has latticework balustrading. Near the main entrance, there is cresting featuring the initial 'M', indicating ownership by Edward Mucklow in the late 19th century. The facades are adorned with bracketed cornice gutters.

Historically, the house was constructed for John Wilkinson, who drained and improved the surrounding mosslands starting in 1778. Although it has a late 19th-century appearance, an early 19th-century view shows that the walls, roof shape, and positions of the openings have remained from the original design. The later 20th-century additions to the north and south are not of special architectural interest.