Swans

Swans is a house that dates from the late 17th century and mid 18th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and has a stone slate roof, standing two storeys tall. The western end of the building is lower and dates from the late 17th century; it was originally a house but was used as a farm building until recently. The south wall features a drip course, which is now interrupted in places. On the ground floor, there are six windows with rebated and chamfered surrounds. The left-hand window has had its mullions removed, the second window is a two-light window, and the third is a one-light window. The remaining windows are two-light, with the fifth now blocked. There are no windows on the first floor. A chimney is located to the right of the third window.

To the right is the taller mid 18th century section of the house, which has two bays and a crude drip course above the ground-floor windows that have plain stone surrounds. These windows were formerly three-light windows and have one remaining mullion each. The first-floor windows have rebated and chamfered surrounds, and there are gable chimneys. On the north side, the earlier part of the house has numerous blocked openings, a two-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window, and a former doorway that is now glazed, featuring a chamfered surround and a lintel inscribed with 'WMD 1675'. Above a wide doorway with plain reveals on the left, there is a plaque inscribed 'CDI 1693'.

On the left, the 18th-century part of the building has a wing that projects forward, with windows featuring flat-faced mullions and a modern gabled stone porch. Inside, the 17th-century section has a chamfered shouldered fireplace typical of that period, complete with a brick bread oven that is said to have a smoking chamber within the flue, accessible from the first floor. On the opposite side of the wall containing this fireplace, two wooden beams project to support a bressumer, which likely formed part of an unusually designed firehood.