The Horsecroft

This is a house dating around 1900, built in a style that draws on traditional building methods and seemingly incorporating elements of a medieval hall with a roof dating back to the 14th century. The building is constructed of green sandstone with brick detailing and returns, and has an old tile roof. It is two storeys high, with three bays, and a double-depth plan, including a rear extension built in the early 20th century. The ground floor has two central two-light windows and two outer three-light leaded casement windows, all with oak frames. The steeply pitched roof features gablets. A timber-framed and plastered porch was added in the early 20th century on the right side. There is an external brick stack on the right and a built-in stack on the left. Inside, the ground floor main section has three chambers, likely dating to around 1900, with framed partitions and chamfered beams, some of which appear to be reused cross-beams. Upstairs, there are three chambers with in situ framed partitions. A rear wall features three angle posts and a wall plate, with a stack addition incorporated into the early 20th century rear pile. The roof, which has not been inspected, features smoke-blackened, ridgeless, closely spaced rafters, each with collars halved and pegged, indicative of a medieval roof structure prior to 1400, and seemingly original with no later alterations.