Saltergate Hill Farmhouse

Saltergate Hill Farmhouse is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with some parts rebuilt probably in the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared gritstone and has a graduated stone slate roof. The building is L-shaped and has two storeys with three bays on the east front and two bays on the south front.

On the east front, there is a central half-glazed four-panel door set in a chamfered opening that lacks quoins or jambs, topped with a shallow lintel. The windows throughout are recessed chamfered mullion windows, featuring two and five lights on the ground floor with hoodmoulds, and two, two, and four lights on the first floor, also with hoodmoulds. The roof has a shaped kneeler with gable coping and a large external stack with a rebuilt corniced shaft on the right, while the left side has a hipped roof.

The south front features five- and four-light windows with hoodmoulds on the ground floor and two three-light windows above, along with a large central ridge stack and a hipped roof. There is a lean-to porch on the left that is not of special interest. The rear of the house shows evidence of an earlier roof pitch and a roof raising, with quoins at the left corner. The rear wing on the right has a two-light recessed chamfered mullion window, while the other openings are from the 19th or 20th century.

Inside, the ground-floor and first-floor rooms at the north end of the east front, which has the external stack, contain some of the earliest features. The ground-floor room includes a large spine beam and some original joists, along with a rare 17th-century built-in panelled corner cupboard with cocks-head hinges. The room above has surviving plasterwork above the current ceiling, likely a frieze or datestone with the date 1653. The fireplace in this room features a shallow cambered arch with a cyma-moulded surround. The rest of the house appears to have been remodeled in the early 19th century.

In 1701, Thomas Kirk Esq left money for the purchase of 60 acres at Saltergate Hill, which is believed to include this house. The property was owned by the poor of Adel near Leeds.