Mint House and Barn

Mint House and Barn is a house and barn dated 1783, as indicated by the keystone on the main porch, although this date may only apply to the porch itself. The wings of the building are later additions, and the barn on the left-hand side was being converted into a dwelling at the time of the survey in April 1984. The exterior features incised stucco and coursed squared rubble with quoins at the rear. The central block has a modillioned wooden cornice and is topped with graduated slate roofs, with stone end chimneys on both the central block and the right-hand wing.

The building is symmetrical, consisting of a three-storey central block flanked by two-storey wings, making a total of seven bays arranged in a 2:3:2 pattern. The central block includes a recessed panelled door with a semicircular fanlight in the porch, flanked by large sash windows on either side, and three sashes on each upper floor. The central first-floor window opens onto a balcony with a wrought-iron balustrade on the porch roof. Both wings have two sashes on each floor, and there is a small gabled porch on the east return of the right-hand wing.