Slack House And Attached Barn

Slack House is a farmhouse, now a house, with an attached barn, likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century, and has been altered over time. The structure is made of slobbered rubble with quoins and features a slate roof with stone slates in the lower courses. It has a single depth plan with two main units and one smaller unit on an east-west axis, facing south. There is a shallow rear outshut, and the barn extends to the east with an additional barn attached at right angles to the southwest corner.

The exterior consists of two storeys, now with a configuration of three windows to one. A wide single-storey gabled porch is centrally located on the main range, flanked by one rectangular window on each floor to the left and two to the right, along with one window on each floor of the further bay to the right. All windows have been fitted with plastic double glazing. Remnants of former flush-mullioned windows can be seen, including a two-light window on each floor to the left and at least one one-light window above the porch. There is a gable chimney to the left and ridge chimneys at both junctions to the right. The barn to the right features through-stones, external steps leading to a loft doorway, and another doorway to the right of the steps. The barn attached at the left corner has an altered wagon doorway near the junction with the house, with long rubble voussoirs above the current lintel, and a blocked loading door to the left. The rear includes a shallow L-shaped outshut and a small three-light oak-mullioned window in the loft at the east end.

Inside, the house part to the right has two lateral beams; the first has a partition inserted beneath it for the entrance hall, while the second supports two bearers of a former smokehood, which once had a beef-box above it. There is also a built-in two-door cupboard with shaped fielded panels. The parlour to the left and the pantry behind it are crossed by a large lateral beam. The third bay features a similar lateral beam and includes a small bread oven built into the back of the chimney stack in the house part.