Three Roods With Former Shop And Barn Attached To East And Stable To North

Three Roods is a small house with an attached shop and barn, and a stable located to the rear. At the time of inspection in July 1994, the property was unoccupied and divided into two ownerships. The building likely dates from the early 18th century, with later enlargements in the late 18th or early 19th century. It is constructed of roughly coursed mixed rubble with quoins, and the house is white-washed with a stone slate roof. The layout is linear, oriented east-west, and it is built below road level at an angle to the road.

The house, which has two low storeys and two windows, features a square-headed doorway to the right, protected by a 20th-century corrugated sheet canopy. To the left, there are two windows beneath a stone slate band, one window to the right, and two offset windows at the first floor, all of which are 4-pane sashes with margin panes. A large corbelled chimney with a pitched slate cap is located at the left gable. The shop is situated at first-floor level, facing onto higher ground, and includes a 20-pane fixed window, a square-headed doorway to the right with an old board door, and a tall ridge chimney where it meets the house. The barn has a square-headed wagon doorway at the same level, close to the junction with the shop.

At the rear, which faces lower ground, there is a lean-to outshut attached to the house, and a full-height lean-to behind the shop that contains a fine but damaged 18th-century stable. This stable features two round-arched stalls with plastered walls, a shaped wooden partition, and one surviving hayrack. The interior of the house was not inspected, but stone flagged floors and a 19th-century wooden partition were noted. Historically, the shop was used by a tailor who lived in the house.