Foundry House

Foundry House is a house, now used as an office, dated 1576, as indicated by a wooden panel above the door, which features the unidentified initials ISAAN. The building has two storeys and a three-cell plan, with an internal chimney stack and cross-entry, consisting of five bays. It is timber-framed and rendered, topped with a 20th-century plain tiled roof. A jetty supported by small plain brackets extends along the south side. The internal chimney stack has a rebuilt shaft decorated with saw-tooth patterns, while a 19th-century external stack at the east end has a small single-storey extension that ends in a lean-to with a pantiled roof.

The ground storey features two three-light and one two-light casement windows, along with three similar two-light windows on the upper storey, all having a single horizontal bar across the lights. There are two doors. The central room, which includes the entry, has an exposed timber ceiling with double roll-mouldings on the main cross-beams and single roll-moulding on the joists. At the east end, there is a single service room that was initially unheated, and a parlour on the west side, both showcasing visible chamfered main beams. The parlour contains an open fireplace with a timber lintel and stone jambs. There is little framing visible on the upper floor, and access to the roof is not available, as the attic stairs were blocked some years ago.