Duck End House

Duck End House is likely a manor house dating from the early 17th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with limestone and marlstone ashlar dressings, and features a Stonesfield-slate roof with ashlar and rendered gable stacks. The building has a two-unit plan with a rear stair projection, standing two storeys high, plus an attic and basement.

The symmetrical front has three windows, with a central chamfered stone doorway below a renewed two-light stone-mullioned window that has a label. The outer bays feature three-light mullioned windows with labels. The basement includes a renewed or inserted window on the left side. The steep-pitched roof is adorned with three gabled roof dormers, and the right stack has paired ashlar shafts on a plinth. The right end wall contains blocked two-light mullioned windows across three floors, along with a small attic window, while the left end wall has a small blocked opening at basement level. The rear showcases three-light mullioned windows (some renewed or altered) across three floors, and features a central tall gabled stair tower with small window openings.

Inside, the house includes stop-chamfered cross beams, including perimeter beams, and three Tudor-arched stone fireplaces: one is chamfered and has an adjoining bread oven, another is moulded with recessed spandrels, and the third is moulded with carved spandrels. There is a broad renewed spiral stair leading from the basement to the attics, and 17th-century oak panelling has been reused as doors. The roof has a butt-purlin structure, which was formerly supported by two collars and a tiebeam for each truss. Notably, the underside of a hearthstone is inscribed with the year 1628.