Old Dower House

Old Dower House is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, rebuilt in the mid-19th century from a late 16th to early 17th-century farmhouse. The building features plastered walls, primarily made of cob but also including stone and brick, and has a thatched roof with exposed brick stacks. It is L-shaped and two stories high throughout. The main block faces south, with a service block located behind the left (west) side. The asymmetrical plan is due to the extensive survival of the earlier core.

The entrance door and stair hall are located off-center to the right, with a corridor running along the back towards the left behind the original cob back wall. The roof is half-hipped to the left, which continues over a 20th-century extension, and gabled to the right. The front has five windows, with a six-panel front door featuring a rectangular fan and sidelights under a Tuscan porch, where the original front columns have been replaced by square posts. There is one window to the right, three to the left, and three large two-light casement windows on the first floor, along with a tiny light above the porch.

The east gable wall has two French windows on the ground floor and a round-headed sash window on the first floor, all under bargeboards shaped with curves and pendants. The rear also features round-headed windows. All windows in the main block retain their glazing bars and margin panes. The service wing has 19th-century windows on the east side only.

Inside, the house preserves mid-19th-century joinery and features a curving open string stair with stick balusters and carved stair brackets. Some late 16th to early 17th-century work remains in place, including an oak, ovolo-moulded window frame.