Windle Hill

Windle Hill is a house dating from the late 16th century, constructed of large dressed stone with a stone slate roof. It has 1½ storeys, with floors at different levels that follow the slope of the hill. All windows feature cavetto moulded surrounds and mullions. The house has a three-room plan: the first cell includes a three-light window, the second cell has a four-light housebody window and a two-light fire-window, while the third cell contains two two-light windows. A lobby entry at the rear has a cavetto moulded surround and is covered by a 19th-century lean-to that includes a cellar. The left-hand return wall features a two-light window at the first-floor level, and the gable is coped with kneelers. The right-hand return wall has a blocked two-light window with a single light at the apex. There is one stack at the ridge.

Inside, there is a bressumer in the housebody directly beneath a king post truss, with the principal rafters crossing at the apex and a diagonally set ridge. It is likely that the housebody originally served as an open hall with a fire-hood, with rooms on either side that had upper chambers lit by windows in the gable ends. Windle Hill is a rare survival of a small open-hall house.