The Nook

The Nook is a house built in 1697, with later alterations. It is constructed from sandstone rubble, with a stone slate roof. The main part of the house is two storeys with an attic, and has three bays. The windows are sash windows without glazing bars, set in plain stone surrounds. A prominent feature is a two-light mullioned window with a rebated and chamfered frame on the first floor of the central bay. A small, single-light fire window is on the ground floor to the right. The central doorway is sheltered by a stone porch, and has a cyma-moulded surround with a battlemented lintel inscribed "1697 CHA". There are end chimneys. A lower, single-bay extension is to the right, featuring modern windows with plain stone surrounds on both floors. To the left of the extension are two small, single-light, chamfered windows, one above the other at intermediate levels. The extension has a chimney on its right-hand gable. At the rear, there are two- and three-light rebated and chamfered mullioned windows. The interior, when inspected, showed evidence of a former firehood, including timber corbels. The roof structure includes chamfered main joists with pyramid stops and reused cruck purlins acting as roof principals.