Horton House

Horton House, also known as Higher Horton Farmhouse or The Firs, is a detached farmhouse that possibly dates back to the 15th century but was significantly modified around 1900. It is constructed from ham stone and local stone that is roughly cut and squared, with some ashlar elements. The roof is made of Welsh slate and features stepped coped gables, along with brick and stone chimney stacks.

The building has two storeys and a four-bay south elevation, which includes a projecting two-storey porch at the third bay. The porch features pairs of sash windows with four-pane upper casements and plain lower sections, all set in lias stone surrounds with voussoired and keystoned flat arches. The porch also has angled corner buttresses, an eaves string with gargoyles, and a battlemented parapet. The outer arch of the porch is near-triangular and moulded, with attached shafts and no label, and above it is a three-light hollow-chamfered mullioned window in a hollow recess without a label. To the left of the porch is a projecting chimney stack with a gabled top, and a similar stack is found on the west gable. To the right of the porch, there is a slight projection for a circular staircase, which has a two-unit upper stairlight.

At the rear, there is a 19th or 20th-century extension. Although the interior has not been seen, it is reported to have a cross passage three-room plan. The east room features chamfered beams and a modified gable fireplace with a possible smoke bay. The centre room has a nine-panel ceiling with moulded beams, while the west room has a four-by-four panelled ceiling with a reused 15th-century doorway. The roof includes some arch-braced collar trusses, some of which rest on shield corbels, although two tiers of windbraces have been removed.