West And North Ranges, Farmsteading, The Knowe

The Knowe comprises an earlier 19th century farmhouse with associated ranges forming a farmstead around a cobbled courtyard. The farmhouse is a two-storey, three-bay structure built of squared rubble with ashlar dressings. The east elevation features a depressed-arched doorway within a central gabled ashlar porch, with all openings having hood moulds. The windows are mostly sash windows with 12-pane glazing, with one casement window. Other details include saw-toothed skews, corniced end stacks, and a single deeply-recessed bay on the rear range. The rear, or west, elevation is asymmetrical.

The steading consists of three ranges arranged in a U-plan. The west range is a tall barn with two segmental-arched cartways, one partially blocked, with external doors at each level and a modern forestair. The north range features axial roof ventilators and a long barn added to the roadside elevation. The south range incorporates a two-storey former bothy at its east end. The buildings are generally roofed with graded slates.