The Old House

House. Dating from the early 17th century, with alterations in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. It is timber-framed with lath-and-plaster and painted brick infill, partly underbuilt in painted brick, and sits on a painted sandstone plinth, with a tile roof. The building follows an H-plan, consisting of a two-bay hall with a baffle-entry against a stack at the east end—this stack has two diamond shafts—a stair turret behind, a five-bay west cross-wing with a stack in the bay to the north of centre, featuring two shafts of a six-point star plan, and a two-bay east wing.

The south front is two storeys with an attic, lit by a 2-light casement in the gable of the hall range. It features three windows: 4-light casements. On the ground floor, the central section is filled with a lean-to roof. A canted bay window is flanked by two entrances; the left entrance has a 17th-century studded door under a segmental head, and the right a 19th-century door with a moulded wooden architrave. To the left of the cross-wing is a 4-light casement, and to the right is a canted oriel. The timber framing is characterized by close-studding and straight tension braces to each floor; the first floor of the left-hand cross-wing is underbuilt with brick. The central gable has herringbone bracing below the collar, and above it is a king-post with a fleur-de-lys in relief. The left-hand gable features two collars and a short king-post shaped like a baluster; the right-hand gable has two collars with V-struts in the apex.

Inside, the roof contains smoke-blackened timbers re-used from another building.