Leetside Farmhouse

Earlier to mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. Near square-plan, 2-storey, gabled Tudor Jacobean farmhouse in the style of William Burn with symmetrical 3-bay entrance front advanced at centre. Coursed stugged cream sandstone; polished and droved sandstone dressings; squared and snecked tooled rubble sandstone to sides and rear (weathered in part). Raised base course; moulded string course; stepped hoodmoulds; skewed gableheads. Raised quoins; flush long and short surrounds to openings; sandstone mullions; projecting cills.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: gabled bay advanced at centre with timber panelled door centred at ground; plate glass fanlight; chamfered reveals; pilastered doorpiece with consoled brackets beneath corniced canopy; shallow 4-light canted oriel corbelled out at 1st floor. 4-light canted windows at ground in gabled bays recessed to outer left and right (chamfered reveals); hoodmoulded bipartite windows aligned at 1st floor; blind, round-arched niches above.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: original 3-bay block advanced at centre with bipartite windows at ground; single windows at 1st floor; single round-arched niche beneath apex stack; blind at both floors in flanking bays. Single windows at both floors in subsequent bay recessed to left; single storey piended wing to outer left.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: original 3-bay block as above. Lean-to addition adjoining bay recessed to outer right.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: boarded timber door centred at ground; stair window above. Gabled, 2-bay wing to left with single windows at ground; single window centred at 1st floor; small single window off-set to right of centre; round-arched niche centred beneath apex stack. Lean-to addition recessed to outer left. Single window centred in single storey piended wing projecting to outer right; round-arched niche recessed at 1st floor beneath surmounting apex stack.

Predominantly lying-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; some plate glass glazing at rear. Grey slate roof; gablet coped skews; moulded skewputts; cast-iron rainwater goods. Ridge and apex stacks with tall coped flues set diagonally above (some rebuilt in brick); octagonal and circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS: rubble coped random rubble sandstone walls enclosing site.