Karslake House and Mounting Block

Karslake House is a farmhouse with associated buildings, likely dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. The outbuildings are from the 18th century, and the entire structure was refaced in the early 19th century, with later alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed of rendered rubble, with a slate roof and overhanging eaves supported by shaped wooden brackets. There are roughcast stacks at the left gable end, positioned between the third and fourth bays, and between the fourth and fifth bays, as well as a large lateral stack on the rear wing. The original plan possibly comprised a three-cell layout with a cross passage, and two wings at the rear, along with a long, angled agricultural outbuilding addition in the north-west corner. The two-storey, six-bay main building features 16-pane sash windows with raised surrounds on the first floor, except for a 20th-century two-light casement window in the end bay to the right. The ground floor has similar sash windows flanking the entrance on the left, another to the right of the 20th-century entrance, a 20th-century window, and a double shop front. A four-step mounting block is located to the left of the 20th-century entrance. The interior has been extensively altered, but remnants of a collar and principal roof remain in the outbuilding in the north-east corner, along with what is said to be the surviving floor of a malthouse in the room above the entrance. The house is named after Sir John Karslake, who served as Attorney General from 1867 to 1868, and it was later used as a shop in the early 20th century.