Fordlands

Fordlands is a house dating from the early 17th century. It is constructed of whitewashed and rendered materials, likely cob and stone rubble, and features a wooden shingle roof that is hipped at the left end and gabled at the right end. The building has rendered stacks, with one at the left end and one axial stack. The layout consists of three rooms and a through passage; the inner room at the right end is unheated and used for storage, while the hall stack backs onto the passage, and the lower end room is heated from the left end stack. There are two staircases: one against the front wall of the hall and another against the rear wall of the lower end room. A small single-storey 20th-century lean-to is located at the rear.

The house is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with three windows. To the left of centre is a wide four-plank front door with strap hinges that leads into the passage. There is a separate entrance at the extreme right that provides access to the inner room. To the left of this doorway, there is a two-light unglazed timber mullioned window with deep chamfered mullions. The ground floor window to the right of the front door is a two-light casement with six panes per light, while the other windows are mostly 20th-century metal casements, many set in enlarged embrasures.

Inside, a moulded cross beam with scroll stops can be found in the hall, and the 20th-century grate may conceal an earlier fireplace. The lower end room features one chamfered cross beam and one rough crossbeam. The roof is entirely 20th-century, but the stumps of a jointed cruck truss are visible over the right-hand end.