Court House

This is a large, detached house, originally built as a Court House and later used as a pub, The Ship Inn. The main section of the house dates from the 17th century. It is constructed with rendered walls, some areas of rubble stone, and has a slate roof, which is largely artificial. The building follows a Z-shaped plan, with the principal facade facing the river. It features cut stone stacks at the gables, but has a later addition to the west, built into the hillside. The western front is two storeys high, plus a basement, and has three windows. These are deep-set, irregularly spaced sashes with glazing bars, with one three-light sash window lacking glazing bars located on the lower right. The main entrance door, six-panelled and relatively new, is positioned slightly left of centre on the original section of the building, and is set behind an open-work porch. A second door is deeply recessed to the far left.

Inside, the house retains a heavy collar roof structure in four bays, with two purlins and diagonal wind braces at the lowest level of each bay. A broad, winding staircase is present, along with various heavy, moulded beams. The eastern gable wall is unusually thick.