Church House

Church House is a house that has been converted into a hall and office. It dates from the 17th century and was refronted around 1720. In the mid-19th century, part of the attic was removed and the roof was altered to create a first-floor hall. The building is constructed of limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, featuring ashlar gable stacks and a slate roof. It has a double-depth plan and consists of two storeys and an attic, with a three-window range. The gables are coped and have moulded kneelers.

The central doorway has a dressed surround and a bracketed flat canopy, with an ashlar plinth and squared, coursed rubble above. The entrance features a six-panel door with a three-pane overlight. The ground-floor windows have raised ashlar surrounds; one is blocked on the left, while the right has a six-pane window. The tall 18th-century windows are six-over-nine pane sashes with thick bars. The left gable has an ashlar plinth and a blocked central doorway with ashlar jambs, showing traces of a former steeper roof. It also has timber lintels above paired ground-floor horned four-over-four pane sashes, flush first-floor six-over-six pane sashes in exposed frames, and a small attic casement.

Inside, the ground floor features a 17th-century dogleg stair with oak risers and treads that wraps around an internal wall. There are four heavy chamfered and stopped axial beams and a large fireplace with a bressumer. The first floor retains original left-hand bays with axial and lateral ceiling beams that have three-inch chamfers and run-out stops. There is an early 19th-century small rear dogleg stair with stick balusters leading to the attic, which has a collar truss three-bay roof. The longer left-hand section features a 19th-century king post roof with tusked purlins over the full-height hall. The unusual layout, particularly the large first-floor hall, suggests that this building has been used as a parish meeting room since at least the 18th century.