The Hollies

The Hollies is a farmhouse, now a house, that dates back to the 15th century and was extended and remodeled in the early 17th century, with later additions and alterations. It features a timber-framed structure, partly of cruck construction, set on a red sandstone block plinth, and has a machine-tiled roof. The cruck-framed hall range consists of two bays aligned north-south, with a 17th-century cross-wing projecting to the east, creating a T-plan. The building is one storey with an attic.

The framing of the hall range includes square and rectangular panels, with two panels extending from the cill to the wall-plate and occasional short straight braces. A truncated cruck truss is present at the front gable, intersected by a collar and tie beam truss, with the collar replaced by 20th-century timber. The rear gable features a similar collar and tie beam truss with jowled wall posts and X-bracing above the collar. The cross-wing has three square panels from the cill to the wall-plate, with short straight braces at the rear and a queen-strut truss with V-struts extending from the collar to the gable end.

Windows are a mix of 19th and 20th-century casements, including those in flat-roofed dormers on the slope of the roof of the 17th-century part. A roughly central 20th-century boarded door is located beneath a contemporary open gabled porch. There is an internal end stack to the right of the cross-wing and a ridge stack to the left.

Inside, the ground-floor rooms feature chamfered ceiling beams and exposed timber framing (square panels) on the walls, including the cross walls. The hall range has a central true cruck truss with staggered single purlins, a collar, and V-struts. A square-headed doorway cuts through the collar of the cruck truss, and the wide boarded floorboards indicate that the first floor is an insertion. The 17th-century part has queen-strut trusses, and the stepping of the stone chimney breast can be seen below the ridge stack on the first floor. There are 19th-century cast-iron fireplaces and wide boarded floorboards throughout.