Holmdene

Holmdene is a house dating from the early to mid-18th century. It is built with whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings, topped with a thatched roof gabled at the ends. Notable features include a large projecting cob stack with set-offs and a brick shaft at the left end, and a projecting stone stack at the right end. The house follows a single-depth, two-room plan. The entrance is off-centre, directly into the right-hand room, with the staircase opposite the entrance, running axially against the rear wall. It is possible that the right-hand room was originally unheated, and the right-hand stack may be a 19th-century addition. The house has two storeys and a three-window front, also asymmetrical, with a gabled brick porch sheltering the off-centre front door. The thatched eaves are eyebrowed above three first-floor, two-light casement windows, each with six panes. Two windows to the left of the porch are similar. The ground floor window to the right has 18 panes. All windows have slate sills. Internally, both fireplaces are partially blocked with timber jambs and lintels, likely dating to the 19th century. The roofspace has not been inspected but may be of interest.