Great House And Great House Cottage

A farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings, was likely built in the mid-17th century and subsequently subdivided in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared stone with a stone slate roof and originally comprised a hall and cross-wing plan, with a through passage and central rear service wing.

The building is two storeys high, with two main bays and a cross-wing on the right. Double-chamfered mullion windows are found on the ground floor and first floor of the cross-wing; other first-floor windows have single-chamfered surrounds. The left bay features a 19th-century doorway inserted into a former window opening, and another 6-panel door within a quoined, stop-chamfered, Tudor-arched surround. Above is a three-light window and a round-arched light. The second bay has a two-light fire window (where the mullion has been removed), a tall five-light window, and an inserted 19th-century doorway with a three-by-one-by-three-light window above. The cross-wing’s ground floor has a six-light window, now reduced to three lights, and a six-light window above, both under a hood mould with heart stops. A continuous ground-floor dripmould steps at the left end. The gables have kneelers and ashlar coping. There are end stacks to the left, a ridge stack between the first and second bays, and an offset external stack to the right of the cross-wing.

At the rear, most windows are chamfered mullion, except where otherwise noted. The cross-wing features a blocked three-light window on the ground floor, alongside a single-light window, above which is a five-light double-chamfered mullion window under a hood mould. The central, gabled wing has a four-light window (now two lights) on the ground floor and a six-light double-chamfered mullion window above, also under a hood mould. The left return displays windows of three and two lights linked by an inserted window, and a three-light window above. A later doorway with tiestones and a ledge sits on the right return, along with plain gutter brackets. A stop-chamfered quoined doorway leads to a five-light flat-faced mullion window (with one mullion removed and partial blocking), and above it a three-light cavetto-moulded mullion window. The right return includes an inserted 19th-century doorway under a dripmould, a small square light, and a two-light chamfered mullion window (where the mullion has been removed).

The interior of the central housebody retains a bressummer beam on a heck post with a padstone, a pegged mortice at the base (possibly for a bench), and a jowelled head. There are also stop-chamfered spine beams, and a board door to the rear wing with a round-arched central panel and a segmental-arched wooden lintel with roll moulding. Records indicate that the left room on both floors was originally divided from the rest of the house, suggesting it may have been a separate work and store room. One king-post roof truss with vertical struts above the passage is also recorded.