Couches And Garden Wall

Couches and garden wall is a small house dating from the 18th century, with a garden wall to the south. The building features slatestone rubble walls and a corrugated asbestos roof, which was originally thatched, along with brick chimneys at the gable ends. It has a two-room, through passage plan and includes a later small lean-to at the rear middle. The house is two storeys high and has a symmetrical south front with three windows, although it was originally designed with two windows. There is a central doorway with a boarded door, and a 20th-century window above the door in a widened or inserted 20th-century opening. The other windows are 19th-century, consisting of 12-pane, two-light casements, with wooden lintels on the first floor that have been cemented over. Inside, the house features a pine muntin and plank screen, large internal chimney breasts, and original structural timberwork.