Low Carleton

Low Carleton is a late 18th century farmhouse that is two storeys high and has three bays, with a later 19th century wing added to the rear. Adjacent to the farmhouse is a late 18th or early 19th century two-storey L-shaped former mill building.

The farmhouse is constructed of painted rubble with a boulder basecourse, and the west elevation is harled. The original house likely had an L-plan layout, featuring a three-bay main south elevation and a two-bay northwest wing, which now has widened openings. In the 19th century, a two-storey rubble wing was added to the northwest wing, complete with granite margins and quoins. The south elevation includes a central mid-19th century gabled porch with a south-facing window. All other windows maintain their original dimensions but have late 19th century sash and case plate glass glazing. The building features sandstone skews and ridge, end coped stacks with thackstanes, and slate roofs.

The old mill is an L-plan, two-storey building made of painted rubble, with a lean-to wheelhouse on the east wall and a boulder basecourse. The ground level is built up on the south side to provide access to the first floor. The south gable-roofed rectangular section has numerous triangular vents and a hoist door for loft access. The north piend-roofed jamb, which may have been built later, once housed threshing mill machinery (now removed) and may have been raised by about three feet to reach its current height. The presence of so many vents in a mill building is unusual.