The Old Dyehouse

The Old Dyehouse is a detached house located in Corsley, dating from the early 18th century, with alterations made in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The building is constructed of rubble stone with brick dressings and features a half-hipped tiled roof with brick stacks. It has an L-shaped plan and is two stories high with a four-window front.

On the left side, there is a gabled stone porch that includes imposts and a keystone above a beaded segmental-arched opening, with a 19th-century inner door. To the left of the porch, there is a three-light 20th-century casement window, and to the right, a single casement window. The cross wing on the right has a three-light casement on the ground floor and a blocked doorway, while a lean-to kitchen to the right features a two-light segmental-headed casement.

The first floor has two three-light casements and blocked arrow vents on the left side, with the cross wing featuring a single casement and a three-light casement, along with a two-light casement in the attic. The left return of the building has a 20th-century door and a two-light casement on the first floor.

At the rear, there is a six-panelled door with a transom light to the right, accompanied by a four-light casement. The first floor has blocked arrow vents and both two-light and four-light casements, with a blocked doorway to the left. The cross wing has two 12-pane sash windows on the ground floor and two-light casements on the first and attic floors.

Inside, the house features 18th-century joinery, including doors with two fielded panels on the first floor and a cupboard under the stairs with fielded panelled doors and H-L hinges. The layout is unusual, with a through passage away from the stacks and two staircases, one positioned against the front wall. The house may have originally been an early 18th-century conversion of an industrial building into a dwelling, with the range that includes the porch showing blocked arrow vents, indicating it may have once served an agricultural or industrial purpose. It is said to have been a dyehouse for the local woollen industry.