Old Bridwell

Old Bridwell is a house dating from the early 16th century, with later alterations and extensions. It has recently been converted back into a dwelling after a long period of being derelict. The building is constructed of plastered cob with stone footings, some brick, and rubble, topped with an asphalted gabled-end roof. Originally, it had a three-room, through-passage plan, with the lower end on the right side of the passage rebuilt in the 19th century, and it includes a rear inner room wing.

The house has two storeys and features an axial stack backing onto the passage and an end stack to the wing, both with brick shafts. The front elevation has a three-window range, with three-light windows on the first floor under eyebrow eaves, and a first-floor door accessed by an external flight of stone stairs. The ground floor has one three-light window. The rear has a two-light window and a three-light window under eyebrow eaves, along with two two-light windows and a door below. The inner face of the wing has windows of one, two, and three lights, a blocked door to the first floor reached by an external flight of stairs, and a blocked 16th-century doorway that is pointed, mitred, and pegged.

Inside, there are three jointed arches that have recently been jacked up, showing evidence of smoke-blackening. The hall features chamfered ceiling beams with scroll stops, and there is a pointed doorway arch that remains from the screen between the hall and the parlour. The hall also contains a fireplace with three ovens. All casements appear to be from the 20th century.