Clay House

Clay House is a house, initially dated 1662 and significantly rebuilt and remodelled in 1915 by W. and C. Tolson, as evidenced by an inscription. The building is constructed from thin coursed hammer-dressed stone with ashlar quoins to the east front, which features a gabled porch. The porch has an inscribed Tudor arched door lintel and a cross-window set between the first two bays. The house originally comprised three rooms. The first room has flat-faced mullioned windows; two lights to the ground floor and four lights above. The second and third rooms each have double-chamfered mullioned windows of four lights to each floor. Gutter brackets are present, and the gables are coped with kneelers. The rear elevation has a dressed stone wall with three bays of double-chamfered mullioned windows of two lights on each floor, alongside a three-light window. A doorway with a Tudor arched lintel, chamfered surround, carved spandrels, and a hood mould with finely carved label stops complete the rear. The building has two stacks, one more elaborately dressed than the other. Despite the rebuilding, the house incorporates masonry of fine quality.