Bridge House

Bridge House is a house dating from the late 17th century, with alterations from the early and late 18th century and the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with a slate roof. The house is two storeys and an attic, with three bays. The central bay features a gabled brick porch with quoin piers and a semi-circular arch containing stone springers and a keystone. A pine door with ornamental strap hinges is set within this arch, leading to a further pair of part-glazed doors with bolection moulded raised and fielded panels. Windows are sash windows with exposed weight boxes, glazing bars, stone sills, and skewback stone lintels. The slightly projecting central bay has a band at eaves level and a gable with a shaped bargeboard. A three-storey, 19th-century round tower is attached to the northwest corner, displaying saw-tooth bands at first floor and eaves level, a stone modillion gutter cornice, and a slate conical roof. The southwest corner has a four-storey tower with brick bands at the first and second floors and house roof level, a bracketed stone gutter cornice, and a slate pyramid roof. The interior includes six-panel doors with central small panels, some with "H" hinges, and panelled window shutters. Ovolo moulded beams are present, and the upper part of the staircase features a chinoiserie balustrade. Exposed late 17th-century framing is visible within an internal first-floor wall. Group value stems from its contribution to the character of the village.