Old Thatch

This is a house, dating from around the early 18th century, with alterations and an addition from the 19th century. It is constructed from stone rubble with red brick window surrounds. The roof is thatched, with gabled and half-hipped ends and eyebrow eaves to the front. A brick stack is centrally positioned.

The house follows a two-room, lobby-entry plan, with a central axial stack providing back-to-back fireplaces for the parlour on the left and the kitchen on the right. A 19th-century outshut is attached to the east end, and a 20th-century porch sits on the front.

The south-facing front has a symmetrical appearance with four windows, each featuring two-light casements with horizontal glazing bars and timber lintels; a central doorway is sheltered by a 20th-century stone porch with a thatched roof. A small outshut with a lean-to roof is set back on the right (east) end. The rear (north) elevation has casements to the left and centre, with a blank space to the right.

Inside, the left-hand parlour contains chamfered cross-beams with run-out stops, unchamfered joists, and a fireplace with a chamfered timber bressummer featuring step stops and rebuilt jambs. The kitchen on the right has cross-beams with a slight chamfer and run-out stops, unchamfered joists, and a large fireplace with an unchamfered timber bressummer. The roof structure comprises tie-beam and collar trusses with tenoned purlins.