The Mound And Kendal Cottage

The Mound and Kendal Cottage is a house that has been divided into two dwellings. It dates from the late 16th century, with a rear wing added in the 17th century. The building is timber framed with plastered infill panels and some brick replacement, featuring a sandstone plinth and a plain-tile roof with a central brick stack. The main structure is a two-cell range aligned north-south, facing west, with a rear wing aligned east-west and a later cross-wing at the southern end. It has one storey and an attic.

The exterior displays close studding with a middle rail and straight braces. There are three 20th-century ground floor windows of unequal size, two blocked windows just below the eaves, and a 20th-century gabled dormer to the right. A 20th-century stable-type door is located to the right, beneath a bracketed flat hood. The left gable end retains its close studded wall framing and features a double collar roof truss with a king strut and herringbone pattern bracing, supporting one pair of trenched purlins.

The rear wing, known as Kendal Cottage, has two tiers of large panels with painted brick infill, a plain-tile roof, and a brick external end stack. It also has one storey and an attic, with two flat-roofed dormers.

Inside the main house, The Mound, there are cross beams with wide stopped chamfers. The southern room features a large open fireplace made of sandstone and brick, with a timber bressumer and a timber-framed smoke hood above. The interior includes an exposed central roof truss with raking queen struts and a central vertical strut between the tie beam and collar. The tie beam is arched over a doorway, which is the only means of communication between the two attic rooms.