The Gables

The Gables is a house that likely has origins dating back to the early 17th century, with a datestone indicating the year 1698. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone and features a coursed ashlar facade, topped with Collyweston and Welsh slate roofs. The building has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys high with an attic.

The main front of the house presents a five-window range of wooden cross windows with leaded lights, all set under wooden lintels. The windows on the far right consist of three lights, while a similar window has been added in place of two windows on the left side of the ground floor. The central entrance is a plank door topped with a four-centred arch head and surrounded by moulded stone. Above the door is an oval plaque displaying the date. The gables feature ashlar parapets, and there are ashlar ridge and end stacks with moulded cornices. The left gable includes a single-light staircase window with an ovolo-moulded surround.

The rear elevation shows irregularly spaced leaded cross windows, and the rear wing, likely from the early 17th century, has leaded casements beneath wooden lintels. A single-storey bay on the far right of this range contains a 17th-century doorway with a four-centred arch head and a chamfered stone surround.

Inside, the house features open fireplaces with bressumers in the hall, a kitchen to the left of the hall, and a room at the end of the rear wing. The hall showcases chamfered spine beams and an exposed stud wall. A winder stair leading to the attic is located next to the kitchen fireplace and has a plank door with a wooden latch. The space between the hall and kitchen likely housed the original main stair. The attic has a plaster floor and retains some original roof structure. It is said to have been built for Roger and Mary Clapham.