The Old House

The Old House is a detached house dating from the mid-17th century, with alterations made in the early 18th century. It is constructed of dressed limestone and features a thatched roof with a half-hip on the right side and coped verges on the left, along with gable end brick stacks. The building has an L-plan layout and is two stories high with a three-window main range.

The entrance, located to the right of the center, has a 20th-century door set in a stone chamfered case. To the left, there are two three-light recessed chamfered mullioned casements, and to the right, there is one three-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement. On the first floor, there are three three-light mullioned casements. Attached to the right is an early 18th-century addition that features a blocked doorway and two two-light mullioned casements on the ground floor, along with one two-light mullioned casement on the first floor; all casements are leaded. The right return has an early 20th-century mullioned casement and a planked door, while the left return has blocked chamfered lights on the first floor and attic.

Inside, the house has a deep chamfered beam with ogee stops and an open fireplace with a cambered timber lintel set on chamfered stone jambs in the parlour to the right of the entrance. The south room, which was formerly the kitchen, has a 19th-century lowered floor with steps around the walls, 18th-century fielded panelling, a shell-headed niche, and a deeply chamfered ceiling beam. The stairs feature an 18th-century open string design with three turned balusters per tread, and the roof consists of a three-bay collar and tie-beam truss structure.