Bank Walk House

Bank Walk House is a late 15th century or early 16th century timber-framed house that has been enclosed in stone, with early 17th century features and modifications from the mid 18th century and late 20th century. The building is constructed of large dressed stone in irregular courses and has a stone slate roof. It has a two-storey front and a single-storey rear, featuring a three-room plan.

The exterior includes a weathered plinth, with a two-light flat-faced mullioned window on the first cell that cuts into the plinth, and a blind window on the first floor. The doorway has tie-stone jambs and a large original door lintel above, which is broad and chamfered. To the right of the door is a blocked window. The second cell features a three-light flat-faced mullioned window with slightly recessed mullions, and above it on the first floor is a three-light double-chamfered mullioned window. The third cell has a two-light chamfered mullioned window, with a blind window on the first floor. The house has a central stack at the ridge and another at the right gable. The rear includes a two-light window to the left of a two-storey gabled porch, which has a cyma-moulded band and a two-light flat-faced mullioned window in the porch chamber. There is a low outshut at the right-hand end for a 19th century added cellar that is partly sunk into the ground.

Inside, two bays retain posts on padstones with straight braces to the arcade-plate and tie-beam. The third cell has an aisle that is open to the roof. A post built into the front wall indicates that the house was originally fully timber-framed with a rear aisle. The only visible truss is a reused king-post truss with a new tie-beam, featuring convex curved principal rafters. This truss appears to have been moved from its original position, as indicated by the halving for it on the arcade-plate. Although the roof has been reset at a shallower pitch, it still contains some original rafters that are halved to receive collars. There is no ridge-tree present. Despite the fragmentary remains of the timber-frame, Bank Walk House is an interesting and rare survival in this region.