Cutliffe Farmhouse

Cutliffe Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating to the 16th century, and altered extensively in the late 17th century with the addition of asymmetrical flanking wings and a rebuilt west gable end. The front was refaced in brick in the 18th century, and restored in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, over rubble and some cob, with rendered east and west ends. It has a steeply pitched asbestos slate roof, hipped to the right, with a wall plate, a brick stack on a stone base above a blocked entrance, and a double stack to the left gable end. The wings have hipped, slate roofs and an external stack on the west front, and a plain clay tiled roof to the south-east. The building has a U-plan, originally a lobby entry, now a three-cell configuration with a corridor addition on the south front linking the wings. It has two storeys and five bays. The first floor has wooden cruciform casements, and the ground floor windows are under segmental headed relieving arches. A three-light window is located to the left of the porch, a four-light window to the centre, and a blocked doorway exists between the second and third bays to the left. There are two two-light casements beyond, and a lead-roofed porch with a pointed arch window. Access to the facade is via the right return, through a six-panel door. To the right return, a four-light ovolo moulded wooden window is on the first floor; the entrance is through the corridor. There is an abutting brick wing with a moulded brick plinth and a dog tooth string, and a diaper pattern in the chimney breast. The south front of one wing has an upper storey rendered and pilaster strips flanking a large opening with a keystone, and a similar opening on the ground floor with a brick relieving arch. Both openings have inserted 20th-century fenestration. A blocked opening with a keystone flanked by pilasters is on the first floor, and a relieving arch with a carved keystone above a 20th-century window is on the ground floor. The south-east wing is lower, has irregular fenestration, and is buttressed in the west corner. The east gable end shows evidence of a demolished wing. Inside, a good moulded stone lintel with spandrels is found in the west end room fireplace, and the original lobby entry is now a cupboard. There are chamfered beams with scroll stops; the upper storey was not seen during the survey. The south-west wing is plain, but is said to have contained a simple plaster moulding before the 20th-century restoration, likely indicating a former parlour. The south-east wing was probably used for agricultural purposes.