Cider House About 10 Metres South Of Westcott

The cider house, located about 10 metres south of Westcott, is likely from the early 19th century. It is constructed from slatestone rubble with granite dressings and features a slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. The building has a small rectangular plan, with the cider press and apple crusher located on the ground floor. There is a loft at the right end, accessed by an external stair at the front. A lean-to is present along the rear and at the left side.

The front of the cider house includes a ground floor window and a 4-centred arched hollow-chamfered doorway made of reused granite, which is probably from the 17th century. To the right of the doorway, there is an external stone stair leading to an upper doorway. Attached to the left is a single-storey lean-to with a door featuring a brick segmental head. Adjacent to this is a screen wall approximately 2.5 metres high and 6 metres long, made of slatestone rubble with slate coping, which conceals a pigsty from view. The right side of the building is blind. At the rear, there is another single-storey lean-to with a window, a ventilation slit, and a door on the right side. Additionally, there is a single-storey rubble lean-to at the left end, which has a pair of double doors, one of which is half-blocked, and a corrugated asbestos roof. Behind the screen wall is a small single-storey lean-to that is open at the side and contains a granite trough.

Inside, the cider house features a cobbled floor and retains its machinery, including a cider press on the left with a circular granite basin that channels into a deep granite trough, along with a wooden frame that has a screw and circular wooden press. The apple crusher is located at the right end, with a loft above it that contains a deep circular granite basin and a granite crushing wheel turned by a central wooden post.