Elslack Hall Cottage With Garden Wall Adjoining To North Elslack Hall Farmhouse

Elslack Hall Cottage, which adjoins Elslack Hall Farmhouse to the north, is a manor house likely dating from the 16th century, with alterations from the 18th century and a refacing in the late 19th or early 20th century following a fire. The building is constructed of rubble and features a stone slate roof. It is a small house consisting of two cells and a cross-wing to the right, while a rear wing to the left has been demolished after the fire. Following this event, the rear wall was made flush and pebbledashed, and large windows were added.

The north front of the cottage has quoins and is two storeys high. The openings vary in form and date, with notable features including small twin lancets at the centre of the ground floor that may be medieval. To the left of these is a two-storey porch, which is now accessed from the side but originally had a central round-headed doorway with impost blocks and large voussoirs. Above this doorway is a three-light double chamfered stone mullion window with a hoodmould, where the inner chamfer is ovolo. At the junction with the cross-wing, there is a 19th-century doorway and a large stair window above it featuring Gothic glazing. The cross-wing shows traces of a hoodmould and has a blocked window on the first floor. The cottage has four chimneys, and the left gable end, topped with a crocketed finial, features a six-light double chamfered stone mullion window on each storey, with arched lights and a hoodmould.

Attached to the cross-wing is a short section of garden wall made of stone, which includes two rectangular beeholes with shelves. Inside, the cottage has been subdivided and altered significantly. The central room has deeply splayed beams across the axis of the house, but the entry from the porch has been blocked. The room on the left is accessed from the porch through a chamfered doorway with a two-centred arched head and features a ceiling made of five similar beams arranged in a grid. There is also a small roll-moulded fireplace on the rear wall. The cross-wing contains chamfered beams, making this a notable, albeit fragmentary, example of architectural history in the area.