Gatepiers, Easter Middleton Farmhouse

This is an early 19th century, two-story, three-bay classical farmhouse, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed of tooled coursed sandstone with droved pink sandstone dressings on the north elevation, and pink sandstone rubble elsewhere. Features include long and short raised quoins, raised cills, an eaves course, a cornice, and a blocking course to the advanced central bay.

The north (principal) elevation is symmetrical, with an architraved and corniced doorway in the central bay, approached by two steps, with a lamp in the centre. The doorway has a recessed panelled timber door and a 16-pane fanlight. Windows are positioned in the flanking bays, with a small opening between the door and the left window at ground level. Regular fenestration is present on the first floor.

The west elevation is asymmetrical, featuring a single bay with a window off-centre to the left, above a relieving arch set in a rubble lean-to addition to the right. A slate roof covers this section, with two roof lights. Stepped-down screen walls with ashlar coping extend to the returns on either side. A boarded timber door and a small opening are found on the right return.

The south elevation is also asymmetrical, with a gabled brick porch addition off-centre to the right of the ground floor, a window to the centre, and a boarded timber door to the right return. A small window is present to the left. Windows are provided in the flanking bays, and a large stair window sits between the ground and first floors, with additional windows to the flanking bays on the first floor.

The east elevation is asymmetrical with a window off-centre to the right at ground level.

The windows are predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is grey slate, piended in shape, with lead ridges. Shouldered, coped wallhead stacks are present to the east and west, each topped with circular cans. Cast iron rainwater goods are fitted. The interior was not inspected in 1997.

The surrounding site includes curved rubble walls to the east and west, with flat coping and iron railings; the east wall has polished, coped gatepiers with painted spherical finials. A boarded timber gate joins the walled garden to the outer left. Rubble walls with rubble coping define the farm’s boundaries. The walled garden itself is rectangular, enclosed by random rubble walls with rubble coping. A boarded timber door is found to the left of the north wall, with long and short droved dressings; a brick lean-to potting shed with a slate roof (partially missing) is on the right. There is an opening to the east with droved dressings and a corrugated iron replacement gate.