The Old School House

The Old School House is a house that was once divided into three cottages, dating back to the medieval period with extensions from the 17th century and substantial renovations in the mid-20th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with a concrete tile roof, dressed stone quoins, and restored 20th-century stacks with brick elements. Originally, the medieval range ran east-west, likely containing a parlour at the east end and a hall to the west. A 17th-century extension projects at right angles to the south, creating an 'L' shaped plan.

The south front of the medieval range features a projecting lateral stack at the centre. There is a 20th-century four-light casement window with glazing bars to the left, a three-light hipped roof dormer above, and a three-light casement to the right of the stack at the first floor level. A 20th-century part-glazed door has been inserted below, and a gablet incorporates a 19th-century three-light casement to the first floor and a similar two-light casement to the ground floor. Traces remain of a possible former gable-end stack at the west gable, which was once more steeply pitched. Fragments of stonework with carved spandrels are integrated into the north wall of the medieval range. There is evidence of a possible blocked doorway to the upper floor of the north-facing gable, and a small blocked window on the east-facing gable.

The 17th-century range on the west has two 20th-century two-light casements on the ground floor, and a three-light half dormer with a raking roof to the first floor. The rear wall of this range contains 20th-century casements and doorways. The gable end facing the road has two 20th-century two-light stone-mullioned casements on the rear wall. Stacks are situated laterally, at the gable end, and axially. The base of a possible circular stone stack stands on the axis of the medieval range.

Inside, a flat-chamfered pointed stone doorway is located towards the east end of the medieval range. One fireplace has a flat-chamfered stone surround and a deep dressed stone lintel, while another lintel from a removed fireplace has been reused as a garden seat. The upper floor of the hall range has an upper cruck roof of three bays, likely reconstructed in the 16th or early 17th century, now with inserted ceilings below. A late medieval fireplace in the west end of the hall range has jamb stones with double flat chamfers and run-out stops at the top, and a deep dressed stone lintel supporting a stone slab canopy. The roof of the north-south range exhibits early roof trusses with flat-chamfered bracing to the collar beams.