Cider House About 10 Metres South Of Westcott

ST DOMINICK SX 36 NE 3/215 Cider house about 10 metres south of Westcott GV II Cider house. Probably early C19. Slatestone rubble with granite dressings. Slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. Plan: Small rectangular building with the cider press and apple crusher at ground floor; there is a loft at the right end reached by an external stair at the front. Lean-to along the rear and at the left side. Exterior: Front has ground floor window and 4-centred arched hollow-chamfered doorway in granite, re-used, and probably C17. External stone stair to upper doorway to right. Attached to left a single storey lean-to with door with brick segmental head; attached to left a screen wall about 2½ metres high and about 6 metres long, in slatestone rubble with slate coping. This conceals a pigsty from the house. Right side blind. At the rear there is a single storey lean-to, with window and ventilation slit, door to right side. At the left end a single storey rubble lean-to, with pair of double doors, one half-blocked, and corrugated asbestos roof. Small single storey lean-to behind the screen wall, open at the side and with a granite trough inside. Interior: Cobbled floor. The cider house retains the machinery, with a cider press to left, with circular granite basin channelled into a deep granite trough. Wooden frame with screw and circular wooden press. The apple crusher is at the right end, with loft over; this has a deep circular granite basin, and granite crushing wheel turned from a central wooden post.

Listing NGR: SX3724268320