Ingle Nook

Ingle Nook is a house that has been converted into two dwellings. It was built in 1710 and is marked with the initials "E G E" for Edmund and Elizabeth Garforth. The building is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and follows a two-cell lobby-entry plan, with three windows on the first floor. The design reflects a classical style, with quoins and a moulded band. There are three bays of windows on both floors, each with architraves and projecting sills. A doorway with an architrave, pulvinated frieze, and cornice is located between the first and second bay. Above this doorway is a decorative oval date plaque set in a rectangular niche. On the left end, there is a 19th-century doorway (No 44) with monolithic jambs and a coped gable with kneelers. The building features two ridge stacks made of ashlar, which have blind panelled arcades similar to those at No 18 High Street, suggesting they may have been crafted by the same mason.

Inside, the house has a large basket-arched fireplace with voussoirs and a keystone that has an ovolo-moulded edge. Above the fireplace is a long oak lintel, which appears to be part of a reused cruck blade, showing the halvings for the collar and tie-beam, as well as a notch for the ridge. The interior also includes chamfered spine beams and floor-joists with an unusual triple-stop of three tapers. A fine king-post truss features an octagonal stop-chamfered king-post that is braced to the ridge. Six curved stop-chamfered struts support six chamfered purlins, and the tie beam measures approximately 30 feet in length. The house showcases exceptionally fine woodwork.