Lidwells

Lidwells is a house dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations from the early 18th century and extensions dating from the 18th century to the late 20th century. The house is timber-framed, with a tile-hung front from the 18th century, rendered sections, and weather-boarded extensions. It has a slate and plain tiled roof.

The original front of the house has three storeys, built on a plinth with a plat band and a paired modillion eaves cornice to the double-pitched roof. Chimneys project from the end on the left and from the rear left and right on two rear wings. The windows are regularly spaced, with three glazing bar sashes on the second floor, two keyed tripartite glazing bar sashes with a central, keyed, round-headed glazing bar sash on the first floor, a small inserted casement to the right, and a tripartite glazing bar sash, a single window (in place of a doorway), and French doors on the ground floor. The right-hand bay extends the elevation into the hip end of the right return.

A wing dating from the 17th or earlier century, with a half-hipped roof, has two storeys and a garret. Two mullioned windows are visible on the first floor, while the other windows are casements and contain a glazed door. The current main entrance is in the left return, with a panelled door in a large porch.

The rear elevation consists of two half-hipped ends of the rear wings, along with a 20th-century canted bay and a flat-roofed weather-boarded extension. There are casements to the garrets, tripartite glazing bar sashes and a central round-headed glazing bar sash on the first floor, and glazing bar sashes to the ground floor.

A dated lambskin (dated 1660) was found within part of the structure.