The Limes

The Limes is a house dating back to the 14th century, with significant rebuilding in the 17th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and ironstone, with steeply pitched concrete interlocking tiles replacing original thatch on the main roof, a shallower slate roof elsewhere, and brick ridge and end stacks. The house is two storeys high and comprises three distinct sections. The right-hand section, likely the earliest part, features a 3-light casement window with a wooden lintel on the ground floor, and a 2-light window above. The right gable end has a 19th-century glazed porch with decorative bargeboards, sheltering a 19th-century panelled and part-glazed door with a wooden lintel and a 19th-century sash window above. The central section has raised eaves to the front, a 20th-century door with a wooden lintel and hood, and a 4-light casement window above which was originally wider. The left-hand section, dating from the early 19th century, has a central door flanked by long 2-light windows with margin light glazing. The upper floor has 3-light casement windows, all with gauged stone heads. The rear of the house includes a lean-to addition constructed of ironstone, partly raised in brick, and two dormers with catslide roofs. Inside the right-hand section, there are chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and a bressumer to a deep inglenook containing a 19th-century cast-iron fireplace and a small 19th-century floor level. The central section also features chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and a deep inglenook fireplace, with the original bressumer concealed behind a probably early 20th-century mantel and containing an early 20th-century range.