The Elms

The Elms is an early 19th-century house, originally conceived as a pair of semi-detached dwellings. Later 19th-century alterations occurred, alongside a mid-19th-century extension. The main part of the house is constructed of coursed squared limestone, while a mid-19th-century rear wing is of coursed squared limestone rubble with rendering to one side. The roof is slate, with stone stacks to the left end and on a gablet at the rear. A lower portion on the right-hand side has brick stacks.

The building has a three-storey, four-window facade. The upper floors feature symmetrically placed 6/6-pane sash windows with stone sills. The ground floor has an early/mid-19th-century triple sash window with 2/2:6/6:2/2-pane and timber mullions, flanked by two blocked window openings of a similar size and position. One 6/6-pane sash, with a cambered head, is located to the right of the ground floor. A 19th or 20th-century glazed porch with a half-glazed door partially conceals the front door.

A two-storey, two-window wing adjoins the right-hand side, matching the style of the main house. This wing has two 6/6-pane sashes to the first floor and one 6/6-pane sash with a cambered head to the ground floor. A four-panel door is present on the right-hand side.

The rear elevation features a two-storey extension and a mid-19th-century wing with a gable facing. This wing has a three-light timber mullion-and-transom window with margin-glazed casements, set in a plain reveal with stone sills, on both the ground and first floors. A small blind window is incorporated into the gable, and the wing has heavy bargeboards with pierced decoration.

The interior largely retains original features, including an early 19th-century stick baluster staircase to the first floor. Two staircases lead from the first to the second floor; the one to the right is an early 19th-century spiral stick baluster staircase with shaped tread-ends and a mahogany handrail. A mid-19th-century stone fire surround is found in a ground floor rear left room, with simpler 19th-century fire surrounds in the first-floor rooms. The house seems to have been originally built as two separate dwellings, quickly converted into one. The early 19th-century staircase is within the rear extension, although there are two staircases leading to the second floor and roofspace which is divided by a stone wall.