The Captains House

The Captain's House is a house built around 1730 to 1740, with some late 18th-century and later modern updates. It features a mix of construction materials; the front is made of painted Flemish-bond brick, possibly with stone dressings, while the side walls are constructed from stone rubble. The upper floors of the left side wall are slate-hung, possibly over timber framing. The house has a stone rubble stack and a brick chimney shaft with pots, topped by a slate roof.

The layout of the house has its end facing the street, consisting of one room wide and two rooms deep, with a large axial stack between the back-to-back fireplaces. There is a right-hand side passage with a staircase located between the two rooms.

The exterior has three storeys and a regular three-window front. There are plain bands at the first and second floor levels, and the windows feature segmental arches with keystones and alternate projecting voussoirs. The larger ground-floor windows contain 12-pane sash windows, while the upper floors have 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The front doorway, located to the right, is square-headed and contains a recessed fielded six-panel door beneath a plain overlight, accessed by one stone step. The roof has plain eaves, a hipped design, and a front gabled dormer. The left side of the house is slate-hung above the first floor, and there is a section of ancient slate-hanging at the back.

Inside, the original staircase rises around a tight open well, featuring an open string and turned balusters with blocks. The front room likely has an original moulded plaster cornice, while the Adams-style chimneypiece is probably from later in the 18th century; the owner notes that there is a similar one in the room above. The upper rooms have not been inspected but are expected to be of interest.