The Owl House

The Owl House is a house dating from the 16th century. It is timber-framed and has a ground floor clad in red and blue chequered brick, with a tile-hung first floor and a plain tiled roof. The building stands on a sandstone plinth, with a bellcast to the first floor and a half-hipped roof to the left. There are stacks to the rear and a projecting cluster at the right end. Windows are wooden casements: three, two, two and three lights to the first floor, and four, two, and four lights to the ground floor. A half-glazed door is positioned centrally on the left, accompanied by sidelights. There is a lean-to outshot to the right, and a catslide outshot to the rear, accompanied by a 20th-century single-storey service wing.

Inside, the full timber frame is visible, including a large stone inglenook within the projecting stack. A unique feature is a revolving circular hanger set into the main beam of the left-end bay, said to have been used for hanging skeins of wool. Archival records indicate the house existed in 1522. The house is named for the "Owlers"—believed to be smugglers—who used the property between the 16th and 18th centuries.