Lade Farmhouse

Lade Farmhouse is a hall-and-crosswing house, likely dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. It sits on a sloping site where the ground falls from south to north. The building has a shallow L-shaped plan, comprising a two-unit main range running north to south, and a lower, recessed wing extending to the south.

The main range has rubble walls, which have been rendered and painted white. It features a slate roof and red brick chimneys. The wing has a corrugated sheet roof. The west facade of the main range includes a small gabled porch, offset to the right and approximately 1 meter from the wing. A small two-light casement window sits immediately to the right of the porch, potentially acting as a fire-window. To the left of the porch on the ground floor is a single rectangular two-light casement window. The upper floor has a small two-light casement on the left and a slightly larger three-light casement on the right, both positioned below a timber wallplate. A small skylight window is located near the bottom of the roof slope, directly above the porch. A corniced chimney of 19th-century character sits on the ridge, with a smaller corniced chimney at the north gable. A large modern brick lean-to is attached to the north gable wall.

The gable of the south wing, which rises to 2½ storeys, has one vertically aligned window on each floor, decreasing in size upwards: a three-light casement at ground floor, a two-light casement at the first floor, and a small square window near the gable apex, with a damaged hoodmould which is now boarded or shuttered. The wing's roof has a 45-degree pitch. The return wall on the right-hand side has one window on each floor of the main unit, the ground floor one with a wooden lintel and both with altered glazing. The rear gable mirrors the front gable, with the attic window retaining a complete hoodmould.

The rear of the main range has been remodelled and extended rearwards, with a shallower roof pitch and greater depth. The rear openings are modern.

Historical records by Fox and Raglan describe the house as an example of "Type IIB," suggesting a two-room plan with an attic or semi-attic, rubble walls, a winding staircase alongside the gable fireplace, and a stud-and-panel partition, likely within the main range. The crosswing is described as having a two-room plan with framed stairs.