Church House, Including Outbuilding Adjoining At East

This is a house, formerly a church house, likely dating to the 16th century, with alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is built of whitewashed rendered cob and stone with an asbestos slate roof, which was thatched until at least 1960. A projecting front lateral stack is now enclosed by a later outshut, and evidence exists of a truncated stack at the left end. The adjoining outbuilding has a corrugated iron roof.

The house sits alongside the churchyard. The original plan is obscured by later changes, but it appears to have comprised a large heated room on the ground floor, now divided into two, and a narrow unheated room at the right end, which may have served as an entrance. The left-hand room could be a later addition. A 19th-century outbuilding adjoins the left end of the main range. A small outshut encloses the base of the lateral stack. The current entrance is through a 1945 lean-to against the outshut, constructed by the local wheelwright, Mr Ridd, whose family have lived in the house for three generations.

The front of the house has an asymmetrical facade with three windows and 20th-century casement windows. A 20th-century door is situated to the right of the outshut, previously providing access to a Post Office. The rear elevation, overlooking the churchyard, features a mix of 19th and 20th-century casement windows. The outbuilding is weatherboarded on its left end (facing the street) and has a first and ground floor window with lapped glass and a plank door.

Inside, a massive hollow-chamfered step-stopped axial beam runs the length of the central room, which is now divided. The fireplace is partly blocked but an early lintel and jambs may survive. The heated room contains a fixed bench against the rear wall and a late 19th-century china cupboard with glazed doors. The roof was reportedly entirely renewed when the thatch was replaced, according to information from the owner.