Step A Side

Step-a-Side is a house dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of roughcast stone rubble and features a thatched roof with gable ends and brick chimney stacks. The house has a two-room layout, with a larger room on the right that was originally the kitchen and a smaller room on the left that served as the parlour, both heated by gable end stacks. There is a cross passage, and the left room has been partitioned to create a small unheated dairy at the rear.

The exterior is two storeys high and has a nearly symmetrical three-window front. On the ground floor, there is a 20th-century half-glazed door with a thatched porch supported by wooden posts, located off-centre to the left. Flanking the door are two 20th-century two-light casements with ten panes each. On the first floor, there is a 19th-century twelve-pane sash window to the left, a 19th-century two-light casement with eight panes in the centre, and another two-light casement with eight panes to the right. The left end of the house has a small 20th-century window on the ground floor, which lights the dairy, while the right end features a large external stack with a curved oven at its base. At the rear, there are various 20th-century windows, including a two-light eight-pane casement on the ground floor to the left and another two-light eight-pane casement on the first floor.

The interior has not been fully inspected, but the front left room contains a blocked fireplace and 19th-century ceiling beams. The former passage and the right room have been combined into a single space, showcasing chamfered ceiling beams from the 17th century. At the rear of the former passage, there is a straight staircase along the rear wall, which is boxed in, and a slate floor. The fireplace on the right end features a chamfered wooden lintel and a cloam oven to the rear left.