Applegarth

Applegarth is a house dating from the early to mid 17th century, possibly linked to a house mentioned in a 1598 inventory. It features a west service wing built in the late 17th or early 18th century, along with a lower northern extension and brick casing on the southern gable wall added in the 19th century. The structure has a timber frame on a painted brick sill with painted brick infill, while the northern extension is entirely of painted brick. The southern end is covered in red tile hung over red brick, with a corbel at the jetty. The steep roof is made of old red tiles.

This two-storey house with a cellar faces east and has a continuous jetty on the eastern side, a rear outshut with a catslide roof, and a 1½ storey northern extension. The layout consists of two cells with end chimneys, a central entrance, and a through passage that has been widened to the north to accommodate a staircase. The cellar is located beneath the southern room, accessible from the rear outshut where the original staircase was likely situated.

The jettied eastern front features wide-spaced studs on the first floor and brickwork on the left half of the ground floor, which includes a cellar window below. There are two windows on each floor; the first floor has Yorkshire sliding casements with two lights, while the ground floor has three-light windows with external panelled wooden shutters. The northern extension includes a gabled dormer window above a three-light window, with two smaller three-light windows under the eaves on the right side.

The projecting ends of the crossbeams in the jetty indicate the original bay divisions, supported by axial chamfered and stopped floor beams, with the northern beam extending into the widened passage. The southern beam is stopped to accommodate the larger southern gable chimney, which is likely contemporary with the house. Some chamfers on the joists extend to the exterior. The roof is a clasped-purlin type. This house was significant when it was built, and the northern extension served as a butcher's shop in living memory.