Homeleigh House (Gilsons)

Homeleigh House (Gilsons) is a house and shop, likely dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of roughcast rendered stone rubble and timber framing, with brick infill to the sides and rear. The roof is slate-covered with a rendered stack at the left end, shared with the adjacent property to the left. There is also a brick stack at the rear.

Originally, the house comprised a through-passage running from the front to a rear courtyard, with a principal front room to the right of the passage. A kitchen was located at the rear, heated by a fireplace in the rear left-hand corner, which has since been blocked. The staircase crossed the building, positioned between the front and rear rooms. The layout has been significantly altered in the 20th century, and the rear room has been moved to the rear right-hand corner, with the rear of the passage now incorporated into the adjacent property, The Dairy. The ground floor now functions as a shop.

The exterior is three storeys high and has a two-window front. The upper storey has 12-paned sash windows, while the middle storey has 16-paned sash windows. A late 19th-century shop window is present, although it has been replaced with a 20th-century version. The doorway on the right has a bracketted hood and a five-panelled door with the upper three panels glazed.

Internally, considerable alterations occurred in the 20th century. A section of 19th-century tiled flooring remains at the rear of the passage. A late 19th-century register grate is visible on the first floor. The roof structure is of the king post type. The upper-right sash window appears to have been inserted into a larger blocked opening. The discovery of grain beneath the top floor floorboards suggests there was a possible sack-hoist arrangement leading to an attic storeroom.