The Old House

The Old House is a house dating back to approximately 1500, with alterations and additions made in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It is of group value. The building is constructed of dressed coursed rubble, red brick, and rendered areas, with plain tile and pantile roofing. Originally comprising an open hall with service and parlour/solar wings, the service wing has since been demolished, and the building now includes various extensions and alterations.

The core of the house is a circa 1500 hall of dressed coursed rubble, with dressed rubble and brick gable walls, likely originally half-timbered. The front has plain tiles, and the rear has pantiles. Two red brick gable stacks are present, with the right-hand stack originally external. The building stands on a plinth, rendered in places and contains two storeys plus an attic, with two bays. A 20th-century doorway has double-glazed bar doors and a concrete rendered surround. To the left is a tripartite glazing bar casement, with similar casements above; the one on the right is set higher. The attic features a dormer with a single casement.

A two-storey, three-bay wing is set back to the left, with dressed coursed rubble on the ground floor and render over red brick above. The first floor is from the 19th century. It has a pantile roof with a single red brick ridge stack. A central doorway has a plank door, with a single Yorkshire sash window to the left and a single casement to the right on the ground floor. Above are a tripartite casement and a small casement to the left. A two-storey wing projects from the left with a rendered finish and pantile roof, including a single red brick ridge stack. A side wall doorway has a glazing bar door, with a quadripartite casement to the left, and a similar casement above. A single-story canted bay with casements projects from the gable end, with a tripartite casement above.

The rear ground floor of the hall wing projects slightly from the first floor level and includes a tripartite glazing bar Yorkshire sash, a smaller similar sash, a casement, and another glazing bar Yorkshire sash, with a further casement to the right. All first-floor windows are positioned at varying heights. Two dormers with tripartite casements are located in the attic.

The interior of the left bay of the circa 1500 wing, originally the open hall, now includes an inserted 17th-century first floor supported on a beam with ogee stops. An early 16th-century moulded post and bressumer supports the firehood. A stud partition rises the height of the house. Around 1700, the firehood was restored, and a second floor was inserted into the hall, supported by beams with broach stops. The roof features cambered collars and ties, with tenoned purlins and straight windbraces.