Beck House

Beck House is a house dating from the 16th century, with minor alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a steeply pitched pantile roof, with one raised brick coped gable and a hipped end on the right side. The house has one gable and one ridge stack and follows a lobby entry, three-unit plan. It is a single storey with attics and has an irregular front with four bays.

The entrance is off centre, featuring a six-panelled door with glazed top panels, topped by a 20th-century timber gabled hood. To the left of the door are two three-light 20th-century casement windows, and to the right is a smaller similar window. The roof has three two-light casement dormers with lead cheeks and sloping roofs. There is evidence of earlier window openings in the facade, and the roof at the right end has been slightly raised following the removal of thatch. Despite some alterations to the ground floor, the original three-unit plan is still recognizable.

Inside, the hall contains a chamfered beam with deep shield-shaped stops and an inglenook fireplace featuring a shallower splayed beam and stone sides with stepped stops. Although the house has been re-roofed, the 17th-century clasped purlin roof has been preserved beneath the new roof at the left end.