Howes

Earlier 19th century. Farmhouse with extensive steading,

latter mainly built around quadrangular courtyard and with

tall brick engine house stack, 18th century fabric

incorporated in lesser courtyard to S. All built of red

rubble with ashlar dressings, house with painted margins:

roofs mostly slated.

House: 2 storeys, 3 bays, with castellated S-facing central

porch, coped end stacks and piended U-plan roof: sash windows

with 12-pane glazing pattern. Lean-to additions to E flank.

Steading: 1 and 2-storey ranges. Principal courtyard block

has tall 8-bay E range with 3-bay cartshed and blocked tall

(?winnowing) opening to E, forestair to court, boarded upper

openings; gabled engine house in SE angle of courtyard with

tall square stack; pend in W range; blocked segmental archway

in S range opening in to lesser court, latter closed at W by

long 1 and 2-storey range.