Stone Gappe

Stone Gappe is a house dating to 1725, as inscribed on the chimneystack. It was built for William Bawdwen. The house is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a hipped roof of stone slates. The south front is symmetrical, originally consisting of three storeys and five bays, with a canted triple bay. Two string courses ramp up to meet chamfered quoins, and the elevation is finished with a heavy cornice. The windows are sash windows; those on the ground floor have architraves, while those on the upper floors have plain stone surrounds. A small, semi-octagonal porch is located on the east gable wall and features a round-headed doorway and two tripartite square stone-mullion windows with sashes. A round-headed stair window with sashes retaining glazing bars is visible on the rear wall, alongside an early mullion window. The mullion is missing from the centre of this window, but it retains a double chamfer, with a hollow outer chamfer. One of the two chimneys has blind arcading and is inscribed "1725 WMB". The interior has been altered, but retains an early staircase of two flights featuring a heavy closed string, moulded handrail, turned balusters and panelled newels. A second staircase has cantilevered stone treads, cast iron balusters and a continuous handrail.