Appledore

Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Appledore are three houses that were originally a single farmhouse. They likely have a 17th-century core but were rebuilt in the early 19th century. The buildings are made of plastered cob and rubble, with stone rubble and brick stacks topped with 19th-century brick, and feature a slate roof. The main block, facing east, has a double-depth plan with front and back rooms on either side of what was once a central entrance hall and staircase, and has end stacks. There is a smaller ancillary block set back on the right end. A lower three-room rear block is positioned at right angles behind the left (southern) rooms, featuring a projecting inner lateral stack in the middle room and a projecting end stack.

No. 1 occupies most of the front block, No. 2 takes up part of the rear of the main block and the front room of the rear block, while No. 3 occupies the rear two rooms of the rear block. The main block is two storeys high with attics. The symmetrical front has five windows, all 16-pane sashes with plain openings and granite sills. The central entrance features a part-glazed six-panel door with an overlight that lacks glazing bars, framed by a timber doorcase with Tuscan pilasters and a moulded entablature. The roof has a low pitch and is gable-ended, with a projecting plain timber eaves cornice.

The right ancillary block includes a 16-pane sash in the gable end. The left end has two windows: a 12-pane sash at the front and a 16-pane sash at the rear, along with a small two-light casement with glazing bars in the attic. The rear block on this side has a regular three-window front made up of a mix of 20, 16, and 12-pane sashes, and towards the rear, there is a plank door with an overlight for No. 3. The rear of the main block and the interior of the rear block have been significantly altered and now mostly feature 20th-century doors and casements. The interiors have also undergone many changes but still retain some 19th-century joinery. The layout of the rear block suggests a 17th-century core, although both stacks are entirely constructed of 19th-century brick. The roofs were not inspected.