Rock House And Barn Adjoining North West Corner

Rock House and the adjoining barn at the north-west corner are a farmhouse and barn dating from the late medieval period, with parts rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries. The barn was added later and underwent alterations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The building is constructed from red sandstone random rubble, featuring a roughcast facade and a whitewashed south front of the barn. It has a double Roman tiled roof and brick stacks at the right gable end and at the junction with the barn.

The layout is thought to be that of a late medieval longhouse oriented north-south, with an open hall at the south end and a through passage to the left of a central stack that was lost when the byre end was rebuilt on a smaller site as a dairy. The entrance has been relocated to its current position, and a barn wing has been added. The building is two storeys high, with two three-light leaded iron casements on the first floor to the right, positioned above flat-roofed square early 20th-century bay windows that have stained glass upper-lights. These flanking windows lead to a gabled glazed porch with tracery in the gable end, which features a many-paned door inserted in the 20th century.

The barn projects to the left and has a timber-hung gabled end with sliding double doors under a wooden lintel in the re-entrant angle. The right return is buttressed and has a blocked two-light pointed arch stair window, along with a later glazed opening below. The rear elevation includes some early 19th-century leaded iron casements and a two-light octagonal framed window that is said to be present in the south-east end bay. The interior has not been sighted, but it is reported to contain two blackened framed trusses and one arch-braced truss, flanked by rebuilt end trusses, as well as a wattle and daub partition on the first floor. The interior also features chamfered beams with steps and run-out stops.