Doe House

This is a farmhouse, later converted into a house, dating from the 17th century, with alterations and additions in the 18th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, some handmade brick in the gable, and has a slate roof with a brick chimney. The building follows a baffle-entry plan, with a projecting porch-cum-stair-turret at the junction of the two original bays, a rear wing added to the first bay, and a 20th-century extension to the second bay. The front elevation has two low storeys and a 1:1:3 window arrangement at the first floor. The porch has a segmental-headed doorway with a chamfered surround and a small two-light stair-window above. The left-hand bay has one window on each floor, and the extended right-hand bay has one window at ground floor and three above; all windows are two-light casements with raised sills and rectangular lintels. A chimney is located on the ridge where the bays meet. The left gable wall, raised in brick, has horizontal sliding sash windows of three lights at ground floor and two lights above, with sills and lintels matching those at the front, the ground floor window retaining returned ends of a former hoodmould. The single-bay rear wing has a gable chimney, and a 20th-century extension is beyond it. Inside the first bay is a former inglenook with an unchamfered bressummer and remnants of a firewindow. A lateral beam displays quarter-round moulding and stops buried in the masonry, indicating a former timber-framed construction. The second bay contains a triangular-headed fireplace with a large stone lintel, and the rear wing has two longitudinal beams. One beam is chamfered with run-out stops, and the other is chamfered and scarf-jointed near the end, both being supported by moulded stone corbels.