Stepps House

Stepps House is a farmhouse that has been converted into a dwelling. It likely dates back to the 17th century and underwent alterations in 1823, with restoration occurring in the mid-20th century. The building is constructed from squared and coursed Ham stone, with random rubble local stone used for the villas at the rear. It features thatched roofs, a hipped left gable end, and coped verges with stone stacks at the north and south gable ends of the west range. There is also a brick stack on the ridge of the main block, set in from the junction with the west range.

The plan of the house is not clear without an internal inspection, but it is described as an L-plan facing north onto the road, with two wings on the south front. The north front has two storeys and consists of three bays on one side and one bay on the other. The first floor has 20th-century four-light casements, while there is an earlier three-light casement in the re-entrant angle of the wing, featuring an old catch. The ground floor has two four-light windows on the left and one on the right of the entrance, with the right window also having an old catch. The entrance features a studded plank door with a timber flat-roofed columnar porch. The gable end has a renewed three-light mullioned and transomed window. The right return is said to have a three-light wooden mullioned window on the first floor, while the left return is reported to have a three-light ovolo-moulded mullioned window to the left of the entrance, with a three-bay wing extending only on the ground floor.

The south front has not been seen, but the south-west gable end is said to have a date of 1825 with the initials R(obert) S(tanderwick) inscribed in the gable end.

The interior has not been inspected, but it is said to contain remains of plank and muntin screens in the through passage. The room to the right features a four-panel compartment ceiling with chamfered beams, a bressumer beam with a chamfered lintel and stone jambs, and two pairs of jointed cruck trusses above. There is a through passage to the right of the fireplace with remains of a plank and muntin screen with a peaked head, and a framed ceiling with moulded beams in the north-west wing.