The Hollies

House. Built in the 17th century, incorporating timbers from the 13th century, with 19th-century additions. It was possibly built for Roger Skrymshaw in the late 16th century. The house is timber framed with crucks, and is constructed with brick, whitewashed externally, and has gabled and hipped pantile roofs on a steep pitch. It features a rendered plinth, some dentillated eaves, and two ridge stacks. The house is two storeys high, with garrets, and has four bays, forming an L-shaped plan. The main east front includes a projecting single-bay wing from the 19th century with a glazing bar sash window. To the right of this wing is a door flanked by single 20th-century casement windows. Above, there is a casement window to the left, and three Yorkshire sashes to the right, the outer pair with segmental heads. The rear elevation has a catslide roof, and a 19th-century single-bay lean-to addition to the south. Features include a small light and three casement windows. Further along, there is a glazed door and a casement, followed by a pair of doors in a lean-to. The north end has a 19th-century single-bay lean-to addition with a plain tile roof and a casement window. Above this is a casement window, then a glazing bar fixed light, and finally another casement. The south front features a plank door to the left, and single casement windows on each floor to the right. The central bay reveals two cruck blades, with decorative bands on the one to the south, and two corresponding posts, one with a jowl. The cruck to the north has braces to a tie beam and wall plate. An unusual two-part tie beam is also present, along with a strut to the collar beam. There is a stud partition above the tie beam. The roof is a principal rafter design, largely renewed, with pairs of collars at the south end, a single notched purlin, and rafters tenoned into purlins. The roof space includes two stud walls with wattle and plaster infill, and a single plank door. On the ground floor, there are chamfered span beams, with a stop visible on the beam in the central bay. A dogleg winder stair has a square newel and stick balusters, and there is a section of mud and stud wall under the 19th-century lean-to to the south.