Upper House Farmhouse

Upper House Farmhouse is an original two-storey, two-window farmhouse situated to the right, with a later two-storey, two-window range stepped down to the left. The house is constructed of coursed rubble masonry, whitewashed to the front, with a moderately pitched corrugated metal sheeting roof achieved by raising the eaves. There are rendered 19th-century stacks, added to an agricultural range. The first floor has 2-light casement windows set under the eaves, all replacements dating from around 1990. A small window, with a dripstone above, is located on the extreme right. A 3-light casement window illuminates the hall, also dating from around 1990. A doorway leads to a former cross passage, located to the right of the agricultural part. The doorway features a plank door, a heavy chamfered frame, and a timber lintel. A 3-light casement window from around 1990 is positioned to the left, set within a cambered brick voussoir arch. A blocked window, with dripstones above, is present on the first floor of the upslope gable end. A small, original, diagonally-set unglazed timber mullioned window is situated on the ground floor to the right.

A continuous outshut, dating back to the 18th century, extends to the rear of the house and is constructed of coursed rubble with a corrugated iron roof. It features 4-pane fixed light windows to the end elevations. An apsidal rubble oven projection is situated to the right, with a lean-to roof of original stone slate. A modern rubble lean-to obscures the rear door of the cross passage on the left side of the agricultural part, with a single light casement above and a 2-light casement to the ground floor on the right.

The original interior layout is retained, comprising a hall and two service rooms. The former cross passage provides access to a doorway in the gable end of the original house. The doorway has a plank and batten door with strap and pintle hinges. The inglenook fireplace has been walled up, and a stone staircase adjoins it. The staircase has a plank door with strap and pintle hinges and a blocked stair window. There are stop-chamfered transverse ceiling beams; the end beam rests on crude corbels against the end wall over the inglenook, and the joists have been boarded over. A doorway has been cut to a later lean-to, replacing a window in the rear wall of the hall. The floor is of stone flags. An original plank and muntin partition, with doorways at either end, remains; it has chamfered muntins with broached stops flanking the doorways. A parlour is located to the right, with a plastered ceiling. A 3-light diagonally-set timber mullioned window lights the service room. The first-floor plank and muntin partition may still survive. A later access point has been cut to the loft over the agricultural range. The roof is a three-bay structure with two collared through purlin trusses and original staggered purlins. The agricultural range was refurbished for domestic use when derelict in the later 19th century. One principal rafter truss has a missing tie, while the other roof timbers have been replaced.