Lower Mellington Farmhouse

Lower Mellington Farmhouse is an L-shaped farmhouse dating from the 18th century, featuring a single-storey dairy block that connects to the gable end of the main range. The building has two storeys and an attic, constructed with timber framing and masonry, much of which is rendered, and is topped with a slate roof. There is a brick axial ridge stack on the main range, a brick gable stack on the dairy block, and a lateral stack at the southern end of the farmhouse.

The front elevation consists of a rendered, two-window main range and a gabled cross wing, with the entrance located at their angle, positioned against the stack. Most of the windows are from the 1930s, except for the one above the front door, which is a cast iron casement with small panes. A modern glazed porch features a panelled half-lit door. The north-facing gable of the main range is close studded and includes one modern window at first floor level above the rendered dairy block, which has a curved northeast corner containing a distinctive iron casement window with small panes. The south elevation of the cross wing is rendered.

The projecting gables of the two wings are visible at the rear. The cross wing gable is rendered and features black and white painted box framing, while the gable of the north wing is box framed with brick nogging. This gable has two rows of panels above the mid rail and two in the gable, with the lower storey primarily made of brickwork and painted-on beams. The range contains modern windows, and the south gable has a small pane iron casement window. A projecting cat slide roof runs between the two gable ends. The interior was not accessible at the time of inspection in January 1996.