Marton Scar Farmhouse

Marton Scar Farmhouse is a mid-17th century farmhouse constructed from slobbered rubble with a stone slate roof. The building features a three-cell layout and is two storeys high, with quoins and three chimneys. On each floor, there are three double chamfered stone mullion windows, each with four lights; the ground floor windows have hoodmoulds, and the central mullion of the first two has been strengthened. To the right of the first window is a plain doorway with a wooden hood, and to the right of the second window is a chamfered doorway. An external stack is located on the right gable, and the rear of the house has similar windows with two and three lights. There may have been another doorway opposite the older front doorway. Inside, the present living room contains some stop-chamfered beams and a chamfered segmental fireplace of great width with recesses. The kitchen, which was recently sealed off from the house, was used for agricultural purposes. In the late 17th century, the house was owned by Richard Mitchell, a Nonconformist, and is linked to the early years of Yorkshire Nonconformity.