The Higher Whitewell Farmhouse is on the main road between Whitewell and Dunsop Bridge, just as you leave Whitewell Village in Lower Whitewell.

The Higher Whitewell Farmhouse is a Grade II Listed Building built of sandstone with a slate roof, it has two storeys with attics, and is in three bays.

The doorway has Tuscan pilasters, a fluted false keystone, and a cornice. On the front there is a cross window, with the other windows being mullioned.

The attic windows have semicircular heads, and at the rear is a stair window with mullions and transoms.