The Old House

The Old House is a cottage and attached house, which was formerly an inn, now functioning as a single residence. It dates back to the early 17th century, with a separate structure built in the early to mid-19th century, along with later additions and alterations. The 17th-century section features a timber frame with painted brick infill and rebuilding, topped with a 20th-century tile roof that has plain 19th-century bargeboards and pointed finials. The building has a baffle-entry plan consisting of two framed bays, with one storey and a gable-lit attic.

The framing has been largely renewed, with some brick painted to imitate timber. It displays irregular square and rectangular panels, three of which extend from the cill to the wall-plate, and features close studding on the left gable end, along with long straight tension braces. The collar and tie beam end trusses have projecting single-purlin ends and a king-strut on the right side. The entrance features a plain central 19th-century panelled door, with a 19th-century glazing bar sash window to the left and a small mid-19th-century casement window to the right. A small central ridge stack, mainly rebuilt in 20th-century brown brick, is present. An attached mounting block is located at the front right corner.

To the right, there is a 19th-century extension that is set back, constructed of red brick painted black and white to imitate a timber frame, with a graded slate roof and an internal end stack on the right. This extension is two storeys high and has three windows, which are glazing bar sashes with slightly cambered heads, with the centre window on the first floor being blind. The entrance is located in the left bay, featuring a 20th-century door with a 19th-century rectangular barred overlight.

Inside the 17th-century part, there is a chamfered cross beam with flat heavy joists in the ground-floor room to the right of the stack, which includes a partly infilled inglenook fireplace and a dog-leg staircase behind the stack. The first-floor rooms retain original floorboards, and a large stepped stack is visible to the right of the central truss of the collar and tie beam roof. The building was formerly known as The Hawk and Buckle inn.