Middle Slewton Including Front Wall And Office Adjoining To West

Middle Slewton is a cottage dating from the mid to late 17th century, which was enlarged and refurbished in the mid 19th century and modernised around 1980. It is constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with some of the southeast end made of Heavitree stone. The stacks are made of various materials including cob, brick, and stone rubble, topped with 19th and 20th-century brick, and the roof is thatched with slate on the rear outshots.

The cottage has a three-room plan facing southwest, with the largest room being the central one that features an axial stack backing onto the left room. The right end room is now the kitchen, which has a front lateral stack that is a 20th-century addition; this room was previously an unheated service room. The main staircase and former kitchen are located in the rear outshots. The current layout is a result of the mid-19th-century refurbishment, while the original 17th-century house had a two-room plan consisting of the central and right rooms of the main block.

The cottage is two storeys high and has two-storey lean-to outshots at the rear. The front wall is blind to the right, while the rest features a three-window front. Two of the windows are mid-19th-century casements with a margin-pane pattern of glazing bars, and the remaining window is a circa 1980 copy. The central doorway has a mid-19th-century four-panel door beneath a contemporary gabled hood with shaped bargeboards. The main roof is half-hipped at both ends, and the first-floor windows at the back are horned four-pane sashes.

Inside, the cottage contains mid-19th-century joinery details, but the original two-room plan retains mid to late 17th-century carpentry features. The crossbeams are chamfered, with one in the main room featuring scroll stops, and the fireplace is blocked. The roof is supported by side-pegged jointed cruck trusses. Additionally, a tall plastered wall extends forward from the left end front, connecting the house to a small office, which is a 19th-century former outhouse. This wall used to include a gateway.