Carpenters Arms, Including Garden Wall On South Side

The Carpenters Arms is a public house located in Ilsington, dating back to the 16th century, with later additions. The building features solid rendered walls, likely made of stone or cob, and has a slated roof, while an extension to the north is covered with corrugated iron. Each gable wall has a thick rendered chimneystack, and there is a smaller rendered stack, probably of brick, at the south end of the west side wall. The original layout is uncertain but likely consisted of two rooms with gable fireplaces. A lean-to was added along the west side, along with another addition at the north end. The building is two storeys tall and has a three-window front facing east, with a one-window extension to the north. The south gable end, which now contains the main entrance, is two windows wide. The windows feature 19th-century wooden casements, most of which have glazing bars. The central doorway in the south gable wall is framed by a 20th-century wooden porch.

Included in the listing is the garden wall at the south end of the building, which is constructed of granite and slatestone rubble and curves inward at the south-west corner to allow access to a low platform, likely the remains of a mounting block. The interior has not been fully inspected, but the bar occupies the south ground-storey room and the lean-to along the west side. The gable fireplace in the south room has plain monolithic granite jambs and a 20th-century lintel, with a stone-framed opening for the oven at the back. The main upper-floor beam is double ogee-moulded on the south side, featuring an ogee and two hollows on the north side, with step-stops at the east end. There is a half-beam against the stack with ogee and hollow moulding, also having step-stops at the east end. Within the lean-to, the east wall contains an old plank door with a wooden latch.