The Hollies

The Hollies is a house that likely dates from the late 16th century, with later alterations. It features rendered timber-framing and ironstone, topped with a Welsh-slate roof and stone and brick stacks at the ridge and left end. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a two-window range. Originally designed in an L-shape, it has a gabled cross-wing on the right, while the walling to the left has been brought forward to be flush in the 19th century.

The central entrance door is topped with a gabled hood. To the left, there is a small projecting lean-to with a three-light centre-opening casement and a short brick stack, along with a two-light casement above it. The right side features 19th-century three-light casements and a pair of one-light casements in the gable. The cross-wing has timber-framing visible at the front and part of the side, with close studding on the ground floor and square panels above. An early 20th-century photograph indicates a herringbone pattern on the first floor, which likely still exists. The left end of the house is unrendered stone, revealing the original gable line, while the right side has three three-light casements. The rear also has similar casements and a door aligned with the front entrance. All casements include glazing bars and much old glass.

Inside, the ground floor room at the rear left has an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer and chamfered stone jambs, with a massive hood in the room above. A finely moulded spine beam features elaborately carved end stops. The massive ironstone stack in the cross-wing has a finely moulded stone fireplace on the first floor, which is partly uncovered, and it likely retains a similar fireplace on the ground floor. Timber-framing is visible in the first-floor room, which has jowled posts. The cross-wing retains part of its original roof, while the roof to the rear and left has mostly been renewed in the 19th and 20th centuries. The house also has old floorboards.