Atkinson House

Atkinson House is a house dating from the 14th century, with alterations from the 16th and 19th centuries, and was restored in the late 1960s. It features timber-framing on a stone base and has a stone slate roof. To the left is a jettied cross-wing, which has heavy scantling framing with roughly square panels on the ground floor and more closely spaced studs on the first floor. The gable wall includes two curved tension braces on the ground floor and a restored window with timber mullions on each floor. Above the first floor window, there is a slated weathering added in the 20th century. The truss has a king strut between the tie-beam and collar, along with two raking struts. The bargeboards are from the 20th century but are attached to worn medieval scalloped bargeboards. The left-hand wall of the wing has three curved braces on the ground floor, a restored timber mullioned window on each floor, and a 20th century metal casement window on the left side of the ground floor. The right-hand return wall of the wing features two small trefoiled lights cut into a first floor stud.

The main part of the house, built on the site of the hall and incorporating some of its remains, has two casement windows on the ground floor and one on the first floor, with a blocked doorway between the ground floor windows. The right-hand part of the wall and the right-hand gable are made of stone, and there is a chimney on the right with a brick cap. A cruck blade has been reused as a tie-beam in the gable wall.

Inside, the cross-wing, which was originally a solar, has wide ceiling joists laid flat and a 17th century stair with a large moulded handrail and splat balusters. The first floor features exposed purlins and curved wind-braces, along with a central truss that has a cambered tie-beam, curved braces, a collar, and curved struts. The ground floor room of the main range has moulded main ceiling joists, likely inserted in the 16th century, and a stone inglenook fireplace.